The New Deal Affects Many Groups
Chapter 15: Sections 3-5
Women Frances Perkins (Sec of Labor) Social Security Women faced discrimination NRA set lower wages for women Fewer women hired in New Deal
programs
African-Americans A. Philip Randolph 100 AA appointed to key gov positions Mary McLeod Bethune (Division of Negro
Affairs of the Nat’l Youth Admin) Black Cabinet Marian Anderson However, FDR did not fully support civil rights.
Poll tax• Anti-lynching law
WHY? Southern Democrats
Mexican-Americans Supported the New Deal however, did
not benefit as much as African-Americans
Became targets of hostility because they took jobs away from Americans
Faced discrimination
Native Americans Rec’d strong gov support Rec’d full citizenship by 1924 John Collier, commissioner of Indian
Affairs Indian Reorganization Act 1934
• Move away from Dawes Assimilation Act• Gained political, economic and cultural
rights previously
American Workers Wagner Act
• Collective bargaining & right to unionize Fair Labor Standards Act
• Minimum wage• Maximum hours• No hazardous work for those under 18
Unions increased from 3 to 10 m American Federation of Labor (AFL) Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)
Social Effects Fed’l gov assumed responsibility for
the social welfare of its citizens Social Security Act
• Old-age insurance• Unemployment compensation system• Aid to disabled
Environmental Effects Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Planted millions of trees• Created hiking trails
Tennessee River Valley Authority Soil Conservation Service National Park System enlarged
The New Coalition Southern whites Some urban groups African Americans Unionized industrial workers
1936 Election
Section 4: Culture in the 1930s
Motion Pictures Radio Federal Art Project American Gothic – Grant Wood Woody Guthrie Richard Wright John Steinbeck – Grapes of Wrath Dorothea Lange – Migrant Mother
Impact of the New DealConservative criticsLiberal criticsLegacy
Glass-Steagal Act FDIC
Securities & Exchange Act (SEC)Fair Labor Standards Act & Wagner ActSocial SecurityTennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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