THE GREAT DEPRESSION:NEW DEAL;

RESTORING HOPE

1929-1939

AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY• 1933, Agricultural Adjustment Admin.- paid farmers to the #

of crops

• prices & stimulate overall recovery

• Farmers pushed sharecroppers off their land

• S. Tenant Farmers Union- urged the gov’t to force landowners to share fed. payments w/ the tenants

• 1936, AAA declared unconstitutional

REVITALIZING A REGION

• 5/1933, TN Valley Authority- aided a 7 state rural region fighting disease, literacy, malnutrition & poverty

• Provided electricity, flood control, disease control & recreational facilities

• Battled malaria, illiteracy, & standard of living

• Criticized= BIG GOV’T

FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION

• New Deal= relief for all races, some programs discriminated

• CCC, TVA, NRA

• FDR feared political backlash from S. Democrats

FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION• FDR named more than 100 blacks to posts in the fed. gov’t

• Thanks to Eleanor Roosevelt- passionate about civil rights

• Goal= open greater ed. & economic opportunities

FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION

• American Indians= bleak- poor housing, poor health care, & malnutrition

• Culture stripped away= Dawes Act- ended tribal gov’t & sold off tribal land

• American Indian Def. Assoc.- protected religious freedom & tribal property

• Reforms law = Indian Reorganization Act of 1934= reversed Dawes Act

• Funds for tribal business ventures & college ed.

• Promote & preserve culture

QUICK REVIEW

• How did the programs of the TN River Valley Authority affect daily life and the standard of living in the area?

•What efforts did the Roosevelt Administration make to improve economic opportunities & political rights of African Americans & American Indians?

ACTIVITY: SOCIAL POLICY

• G1: Youth & Ed., G2: Civil Rights, G3: Unemployment & Relief, G4: Women in Politics

• Mark your documents when they have evidence like: phrases, words, & concepts that help you answer the following questions:

• What reform ideas does Eleanor Roosevelt propose?

• What is an example of a responsive government policy in the document?

• What is the role of education in a democracy? (Group A)

• What was Eleanor Roosevelt's civil rights agenda? (Group B)

• How should the economic crisis be addressed? (Group C)

• What should be the role of women in public life? (Group D)

ACTIVITY: SOCIAL POLICY

•Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's arguments, each group should create a proposal for President Roosevelt to change a social policy

•Why is your problem such a pressing one for the nation?

•What do you propose should be done? Why?

•How will it alleviate the social problems that the United States faces in the 1930s and 40s?

•Why should your policy or legislation come first?