The New Deal: 1933-1941: United States During The Great Depression
Kristen Alberty
Mr. Pfeiffer
APUSH, hour 1
7 April 2013
Chapter Summary: Chapter 27
I. Chapter 27, “The New Deal: 1933-1941,” discusses the United States during the years of the Depression and President Roosevelt’s response with the New Deal. During the New Deal, Congress passed a multitude of new laws and created new administrations to try to combat the effects of the Depression. The chapter talks about how the New Deal affected a variety of groups, including women, blacks, Native Americans, and the elderly. Eventually, the Depression was ended by the outbreak of World War II in Europe, which Roosevelt originally meant to deal with by isolationism.
II. Today, the nation is in the same spot it was in during the Depression in some ways …show more content…
today. Primarily, the national debt has become such a consuming issue that it has created a panic similar to the worry people experienced during the Depression. There have also been debates over Social Security recently, as many of the Baby Boomer generation has been retiring and there are not enough funds to keep Social Security running in the same way it has been, as there were debates over who should get compensation with Social Security when it was first founded in 1933.
III. • Constitutionality of New Deal agencies (AAA, NIRA, and NRA were declared unconstitutional)
• The height of the Depression (it reached its worst point in 1933)
• Court-packing issues
• The outbreak of World War II in Europe
• Isolationism and the cash-and-carry policy agreed upon with Britain
IV. *President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the creator of the New Deal and the driving force behind the recovery attempts during the Depression.
Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR’s wife and led The Network, which searched for forward-minded women to place in government jobs.
Father Charles Coughlin, Doctor Francis Townsend, and Huey Long were extremists opposed to the New Deal.
Harry Hopkins led the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and later was appointed to lead the Works Progress Administration.
*John Maynard Keynes was a British economist who developed the idea of Keynesian Economics, which focused on deficit spending and creating inflation to get out of the Depression.
V. Elections of 1932 and 1936 : P
Isolationism, started with Neutrality Acts of 1936 and 1937 : FP
Cash and carry policy, started 1939 : FP
Labor unions and the Committee on Industrial Organization (founded 1938): C
Literature (U.S.A., 1938, Grapes of Wrath, 1939, You Can’t Go Home Again, 1940, etc.) : C
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, founded 1933) : S
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA, founded 1933, disbanded 1936): C
National Recovery Agency (NRA, founded 1933, disbanded 1935) : S
VI.
The Depression was the main problem that the other problems essentially stemmed from in chapter 27. Roosevelt’s New Deal faced much opposition, which Long, Coughlin, and Townsend appeared at the forefront of and posed a serious threat to Roosevelt’s political career and reputation.
VII. When Roosevelt was first elected and took office in 1933, the Depression was at its peak. The way in which Roosevelt chose to reverse the effects of the economic destitution at hand was what would ultimately define the beginning half of his presidency. At the end of the chapter, as well as at the end of the Depression, the main question to be dealt with was how to deal with World War II. Roosevelt’s decision to enact the cash-and-carry policy with Britain was an unspoken, yet clear way for Roosevelt to state his allegiances were with the Allied Powers.
VIII. The course America took after the breakout of both World Wars was very similar: at first, steadfast neutrality was established, while trade was still in place with nations involved in the war. Only after aggression was taken against America did the nation join the war, though an alliance with Great Britain, France, and other Allied Powers had been relatively soundly established beforehand based on America’s foreign policy. The breakout of WWI was covered in chapter 24, and the debate over isolationism, which was the policy America adopted at the beginning of WWII, is also discussed in chapter
23.
Mr. Pfeiffer
APUSH, hour 1
7 April 2013
Chapter Summary: Chapter 27
I. Chapter 27, “The New Deal: 1933-1941,” discusses the United States during the years of the Depression and President Roosevelt’s response with the New Deal. During the New Deal, Congress passed a multitude of new laws and created new administrations to try to combat the effects of the Depression. The chapter talks about how the New Deal affected a variety of groups, including women, blacks, Native Americans, and the elderly. Eventually, the Depression was ended by the outbreak of World War II in Europe, which Roosevelt originally meant to deal with by isolationism.
II. Today, the nation is in the same spot it was in during the Depression in some ways …show more content…
today. Primarily, the national debt has become such a consuming issue that it has created a panic similar to the worry people experienced during the Depression. There have also been debates over Social Security recently, as many of the Baby Boomer generation has been retiring and there are not enough funds to keep Social Security running in the same way it has been, as there were debates over who should get compensation with Social Security when it was first founded in 1933.
III. • Constitutionality of New Deal agencies (AAA, NIRA, and NRA were declared unconstitutional)
• The height of the Depression (it reached its worst point in 1933)
• Court-packing issues
• The outbreak of World War II in Europe
• Isolationism and the cash-and-carry policy agreed upon with Britain
IV. *President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the creator of the New Deal and the driving force behind the recovery attempts during the Depression.
Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR’s wife and led The Network, which searched for forward-minded women to place in government jobs.
Father Charles Coughlin, Doctor Francis Townsend, and Huey Long were extremists opposed to the New Deal.
Harry Hopkins led the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and later was appointed to lead the Works Progress Administration.
*John Maynard Keynes was a British economist who developed the idea of Keynesian Economics, which focused on deficit spending and creating inflation to get out of the Depression.
V. Elections of 1932 and 1936 : P
Isolationism, started with Neutrality Acts of 1936 and 1937 : FP
Cash and carry policy, started 1939 : FP
Labor unions and the Committee on Industrial Organization (founded 1938): C
Literature (U.S.A., 1938, Grapes of Wrath, 1939, You Can’t Go Home Again, 1940, etc.) : C
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, founded 1933) : S
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA, founded 1933, disbanded 1936): C
National Recovery Agency (NRA, founded 1933, disbanded 1935) : S
VI.
The Depression was the main problem that the other problems essentially stemmed from in chapter 27. Roosevelt’s New Deal faced much opposition, which Long, Coughlin, and Townsend appeared at the forefront of and posed a serious threat to Roosevelt’s political career and reputation.
VII. When Roosevelt was first elected and took office in 1933, the Depression was at its peak. The way in which Roosevelt chose to reverse the effects of the economic destitution at hand was what would ultimately define the beginning half of his presidency. At the end of the chapter, as well as at the end of the Depression, the main question to be dealt with was how to deal with World War II. Roosevelt’s decision to enact the cash-and-carry policy with Britain was an unspoken, yet clear way for Roosevelt to state his allegiances were with the Allied Powers.
VIII. The course America took after the breakout of both World Wars was very similar: at first, steadfast neutrality was established, while trade was still in place with nations involved in the war. Only after aggression was taken against America did the nation join the war, though an alliance with Great Britain, France, and other Allied Powers had been relatively soundly established beforehand based on America’s foreign policy. The breakout of WWI was covered in chapter 24, and the debate over isolationism, which was the policy America adopted at the beginning of WWII, is also discussed in chapter
23.