Topic: The New Deal 1934-1939
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Learning Intention: I can analyze the effects of The New Deal government supported organizations on society by evaluating multiple resources.
Mood Check In
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Mood Check In: Where are you currently?
Mood Check In: Where are you currently?
Warm Up: Key Ideas and Vocabulary
Prior Knowledge: Connection
Which problem did Franklin D. Roosevelt address first in his presidency?
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Based on your prior knowledge of Herbert Hoover during The Great Depression, which problem would FDR most likely address first?
Based on your prior knowledge of Herbert Hoover during The Great Depression, which problem would FDR most likely address first?
Media Analysis
Informational Text: DBQ Analysis
. . . The ever-growing complexity of modern life, with its train of evermore perplexing and difficult problems, is a challenge to our individual characters and to our devotion to our ideals. The resourcefulness of America when challenged has never failed. Success is not gained by leaning upon government to solve all the problems before us. That way leads to enervation [lessening] of will and destruction of character. Victory over this depression and over our other difficulties will be won by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities, by stimulating their ingenuity to solve their own problems, by taking new courage to be masters of their own destiny in the struggle of life. . . .
— President Herbert Hoover, February 12, 1931
. . . I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken Nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption. . . .
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933
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Which idea would best be supported by President Hoover’s statement?
Which idea would best be supported by President Hoover’s statement?
Cooperative Learning
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Based on your prior knowledge of The Great Depression and the map, what conclusion can you draw about Herbert Hoover's presidency leading into the 1932 election?
Based on your prior knowledge of The Great Depression and the map, what conclusion can you draw about Herbert Hoover's presidency leading into the 1932 election?
Source: Fireside Chat #1, On the Banking Crisis, from March 12, 1933.
Note: After a month-long run on American banks, Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed a Bank
Holiday, beginning March 6, 1933, that shut down the nation’s banking system for a week. On
March 12, 1933, the president delivered his first fireside chat to the American people.
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The fireside chats were a series of 30 evening radio addresses given between 1933 and 1944.Broadcasting nationwide, Roosevelt was able to quell rumors and explain his policies. His toneand demeanor communicated self-assurance during times of despair and uncertainty.
...We had a bad banking situation. Some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompetent or dishonest in their handling of the people's funds. They had used the money entrusted to them in speculations and unwise loans. This was of course not true in the vast majority of our banks, but it was true in enough of them to shock the people for a time into a sense of insecurity...
It was the Government's job to straighten out this situation and do it as quickly as possible -- and the job is being performed. I do not promise you that every bank will be reopened or that individual losses will not be suffered, but there will be no losses that possibly could be avoided; and there would have been more and greater losses had we continued to drift. It has been wonderful to me to catch the note of confidence from all over the country.
...After all there is an element in the readjustment of our financial system more important than currency, more important than gold, and that is the confidence of the people. Confidence and courage are the essentials of success in carrying out our plan. You people must have faith; you must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear. We have provided the machinery to restore our financial system; it is up to you to support and make it work.
It is your problem no less than it is mine. Together we cannot fail.
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Evaluate FDR's fireside chat. Determine the purpose of his speeches. Cite two pieces of evidence to support your response.
Evaluate FDR's fireside chat. Determine the purpose of his speeches. Cite two pieces of evidence to support your response.