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The New Deal Affects Many Groups

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

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The New Deal Affects Many Groups

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  1. The New Deal Affects Many Groups Chapter 15: Sections 3-5

  2. Women Frances Perkins (Sec of Labor) Social Security Women faced discrimination NRA set lower wages for women Fewer women hired in New Deal programs

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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)

  7. Social Effects • Fed’lgov assumed responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens • Social Security Act • Old-age insurance • Unemployment compensation system • Aid to disabled

  8. Environmental Effects • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) • Planted millions of trees • Created hiking trails • Tennessee River Valley Authority • Soil Conservation Service • National Park System enlarged

  9. The New Coalition Southern whites Some urban groups African Americans Unionized industrial workers

  10. 1936 Election

  11. 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

  12. Impact of the New Deal Conservative critics Liberal critics Legacy Glass-Steagal Act FDIC Securities & Exchange Act (SEC) Fair Labor Standards Act & Wagner Act Social Security Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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