1. Section 2 Chapter 22 The New Deal Mr. Riddlebarger
The Second New Deal
Section 2
Chapter 22
The New Deal
Mr. Riddlebarger

2. How do you restore hope to the hopeless?
The New Deal did not make the Great Depression vanish. Yet the sense of forward movement it created did help to generate hope. In the Second New Deal, the government increased its commitment to work-relief programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). These programs helped give millions of Americans a new outlook on life. The men in these camps gained new job skills, government-sponsored education, new friendships and more. Their work equipped them with the skills necessary to cope with life’s problems.
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3. Impact of 1st New Deal Restoring Hope Impact on 1934 elections
work-for-pay.

4. Works Progress Administration
WPA employment
labor
professional
arts
“You worked, you got a paycheck and you had some dignity.”

8. Social Security Centerpiece of the 2nd New Deal
Social Security Act (1938)
Pension for elderly
unemployment insurance

9. Reviving Organized Labor
Passage of NIRA in first New Deal was major step forward.
Workers guaranteed rights to form unions
Many businesses ignore rules
Wagner Act
Outlaws anti-Union practices
Establishes National Labor Relations Board
Organized labor membership surges
Reviving Organized Labor

10. CIO is born New Union challenges AFL
AFL looked down on unskilled labor
Congress for Industrial Organization (CIO) breaks from AFL in led by John Lewis
Supports unskilled labor

11. G-M Sit-Down Strike 1936: New strategy tried: sit- down strike 6 weeks
Big victory for labor
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14. FDR goal
Rural Electrification Act
impact
Rural Electricity

16. Election of 1936 FDR vs. Alf Landon FDR ignores him.
Democratic triumphs
*** African-Americans shift in vote (REP to DEM)

17. A Troubled Year-1936 Court -Packing Plan
Many supporters desert FDR and plan fails.

18. Recovery in Doubt 1937 set back to economy
Stock Market drop -> job cuts
Concern of deficit
John Maynard Keynes
Keynesian Economics & deficit spending
1938 rebound