1. 23-2: The Second New Deal Takes Hold

2. Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
Farmers
Migrant
Workers
Rural Areas
-soil depletion
-inability to buy land
-Squalid /housing conditions
-Lack of electricity
- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Acts
- Farm Security Administration, Farm Mortgage Moratorium and the Resettlement Administration
- FSA (established camps)
-Rural Electrification Administration and the Public Utilities Holding Company

3. Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
Students and
other young
people
-unemployment
-poverty
-lack of spending money
WPA, The Works Progress Administration, created jobs for youths among others
- NYA, The National Youth Administration, provided jobs and student aid for young people in need.

4. Teachers, writers, artists, and other professionals unemployment
Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
Teachers,
writers,
artists, and
other
professionals
unemployment
poverty
WPA, The Works Progress Administration, “created” jobs painting murals and posters and writing historical information and city guides, etc.

5. -Fair Labor Standards Act: Set minimum wage and maximum hours
Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
All workers,
including the
unemployed
Labor issues
Poverty
-Fair Labor Standards Act: Set minimum wage and maximum hours
-Wagner Act: Prohibited unfair labor practices and protected workers rights to join labor unions, and engage in collective bargaining

6. Retired Workers Poverty Lack of hope Loss of dignity
Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
Retired Workers
Poverty
Lack of hope
Loss of dignity
-SSA, Social Security Administration, provided a pension ($$) for retired workers and their spouses

7. The disabled, The needy elderly, and dependent mothers and children
Group
Problems faced by the group
Laws passed and agencies formed to deal with the problems
The disabled,
The needy
elderly, and
dependent
mothers and
children
Poverty
Lack of hope
Loss of dignity
-SSA, Social Security Administration, provided unemployment compensation and aid to families with dependent children and the disabled

8. Eleanor Roosevelt
She traveled the country to observe social conditions; helped to shape New Deal policies; encouraged FDR to appoint women to government positions, and advocated for the rights of poor people, women and minorities