US History 2 – 3/03/10

I.  Bellwork
Pg. 497 Skillbuilder 1-2 Q&A

II. Objectives:

• Describe the purpose of the Second New Deal
• Identify programs created during the Second New Deal

III.  15-1 Test

IV.  Classwork

A.  FDR Video

• Roosevelt uses experimental policies to end the Depression

• Roosevelt’s relief programs meet opposition

Questions

1. What were Roosevelt’s beliefs on the federal policies he used to combat the Depression?
2. How did the public receive the NRA?
3. How did Roosevelt build public confidence and keep the public informed?
4. How did Eleanor Roosevelt feel about living in the White House?
5. What activities did Eleanor pursue during the first 100 days?
6. What was happening with the economy in 1934?
7. Why did many people oppose the New Deal?
8. What actions did the Supreme Court take which hindered the New Deal?

V.  Homework
A.  15-2 Questions

1. Why did Roosevelt launch the Second New Deal?
2. What was significant about the presidential election of 1936?
3. How did the Second New Deal attempt to help farmers?
4. What types of work did participants in the Works Progress Administration undertake?
5. What was the National Youth Administration and how did it function?
6. How did the Wagner Act aid organized labor?
7. What did the Fair Labor Standards Act accomplish?
8. What groups did the Social Security Act seek to help?
9. What were the three major parts of the Social Security Act?
10. How did the second new deal promote rural electrification?

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