10. April 28th The New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the 

Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore 

prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly 

to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were 

suffering. Over the next eight years, the government instituted a series of 

experimental New Deal projects and programs, such as the CCC, the WPA, 

the TVA, the SEC and others, that aimed to restore some measure of dignity 

and prosperity to many Americans. Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and 

permanently changed the federal government’s relationship to U.S. citizens.


1. What was the New Deal? 


a series of programs and projects put in place 1933

2. What was the purpose of the New Deal ? 

to help poor americans

3. Do you think the government should step in when the economy is bad ?

 yes the governement could help out the economy

Second New Deal 

Despite the best efforts of President Roosevelt and his cabinet, however, the Great Depression continued – the nation’s economy continued to wheeze; unemployment persisted; and people grew angrier and more desperate.
So, in the spring of 1935, Roosevelt launched a second, more aggressive series of federal programs, sometimes called the Second New Deal.
In April, he created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for unemployed people. WPA projects weren’t allowed to compete with private industry, so they focused on building things like post offices, bridges, schools, highways and parks. The WPA also gave work to artists, writers, theater directors and musicians.
In July 1935, the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, created the National Labor Relations Board to supervise union elections and prevent businesses from treating their workers unfairly. In August, FDR signed the Social Security Act of 1935, which guaranteed pensions to millions of Americans, set up a system of unemployment insurance and stipulated that the federal government would help care for dependent children and the disabled.
4.  How was the 2nd New Deal different than the first? 

because they had aggressive programs like the WPA, which were better than the did programs




5. List 3 of the government programs created to help poor Americans 

- WPA

-Social Security Act

- National Labor Relations Act

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