The New Deal

FDR triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 by

FDR launched the bold new programs that came to be known as the Second New Deal primarily b/c

The New Deal helped establish a new voting coalition for FDR and the Dem. Party by

Organized secret ballots at factories to see if workers wanted unions

To fight the Depression, the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do was to

Covered the money that people save in banks against loss

Sponsored the Federal Number One program for artists, musicians, theater people, and writers

President Franklin Roosevelt's administration favored government

Offered unemployed young men work planting trees, fighting forest fires, & building reservoirs

The New Deal established

Hired workers directly, inc 1,000s of women, to build or improve airports, roads, etc.

Awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, schools, etc.

President Roosevelt's policies for ending the Depression became known as the

Prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock market

FDR's "court-packing plan" was a serious mistake b/c

Caused industrial production to fall and was declared unconstitutional in 1935

Guaranteed workers the right to organized unions and bargain collectively

By 1934 Sen. Huey Long of Louisiana began criticizing the New Deal from the left & calling for

Req'd companies that sell stocks & bonds to provide complete and truthful info to investors

The Social Security Act established the principal that the federal govt should be resonsible 4