1. CHAPTER 15 Section 3 The New Deal Affects Many Groups
MAIN IDEA:
New Deal policies and actions affected various social and ethnic groups.

2. Gains Made By Women Under The New Deal
Women appointed to important federal positions
Slight increase in the number of women working outside the home
4% increase of married women in the workplace from

3. Problems of Women Not Solved By The New Deal
Discrimination still existed in the workplace
Discriminatory wages
Discriminatory hiring practices

4. Examples Of Appointees To Important Government Positions
Frances Perkins: America’s first female cabinet member, secretary of labor, organized the Social Security Act

5. Gains African Americans Made Under The New Deal
Increased political voice through greater access to the president
Organizations created for tenant farmers

6. Problems of African Americans Not Solved by The New Deal
Segregation
Racial Violence
Racism in all areas of life
Roosevelt failed to support civil rights in all cases
Roosevelt was afraid of upsetting white democratic voters in the South

7. Examples of African American Appointees To Important Government Positions
Mary McLeod Bethune- An educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans
William Hastie and Robert C. Weaver- Appointed by Bethune and advised the Roosevelt Administration on racial issues, part of the “black cabinet”

8. Mary McLeod Bethune

9. Gains Unions Made Under The New Deal
Better working conditions
Increased bargaining power
Sit Down Strike: workers remained inside but did not work
Effective bargaining tool because scab workers could not be hired
Dramatic increase in union membership

10. Problems of Unions Not Solved By The New Deal
Strike Violence
Example: MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE- Republic Steel Plant in Chicago 1937, Police attacked striking workers (10 died 84 wounded)
Big business opposition to labor unions

11. Example Of A Union Organized During The New Deal
Congress of Industrial Organizations- Steel and Automobile Industry, lasted until 1955