J. Kelly Robison

The New Deal

  1. FDR
  2. The First New Deal
    1. The First Hundred Days
      1. Strengthening the Monetary System
        1. Emergency Banking Act
        2. Banking Act of 1933 (FDIC)
      2. Relief Measures
        1. Civilian Conservation Corps
        2. Civil Works Administration
        3. Public Works Administration
      3. Recovery Through Regulation
        1. Agricultural Adjustment Act
        2. National Industrial Recovery Act
        3. Tennessee Valley Authority
    2. Opposition
      1. Thunder on the Left
      2. Supreme Court/Court Stacking Controversy
  3. The Second New Deal
    1. Philosophical Underpinnings
    2. Relief and Welfare
      1. National Labor Relations Board (Wagner Act)
      2. Works Progress Administration
      3. Social Security Act
    3. Recession of 1937/Government Reinvigoration
  4. Legacies of the New Deal
    1. End of Faissez-Faire Economics
    2. Rise of the Imperial Presidency
    3. Roosevelt Coalition

Identification Terms:

Emergency Banking Act FDIC SEC
CCC CWA PWA
AAA NIRA TVA
Father Charles Coughlin Huey Long Dr. Francis Townsend
Wagner Act Social Security Rural Electrification Administration

Study Questions:

What problems did the United States face during the Great Depression? How did presidents Hoover and Roosevelt attempt to solve them and how successful were they?

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