1. The 2nd New Deal and its Effects
Unit 5, Section 13
The 2nd New Deal and its Effects

2. 2nd Hundred Days By 1935, economy is improving, but not rapidly enough
Unemployment remains high
FDR wins re- election in 1936 – begins 2nd New Deal

3. New Government Programs
WPA – Works Progress Administration; public works programs – largest New Deal agency
Social Security Act – Provided pensions / aid for elderly, unemployed, families with children 1

4. New Government Programs
NYA – National Youth Administration – created to provide education for young people
REA – Rural Electrification Administration

5. Labor Relations FDR sought to defend workers unions
Wagner Act – aka, (National Labor Relations Act)- protects rights of workers to join unions and use collective bargaining
Growth of AFL, CIO under Roosevelt

6. New Deal and Women Eleanor Roosevelt is important figure in program
First woman in cabinet, Francis Perkins, as Sec. of Labor
Working women resented by unemployed men
Lower wages; glass ceiling
Mothers struggle to hold families together

7. New Deal and African Americans
African Americans, often poorest segment of population, hit hard by Depression
Mary McLeod Bethune’s “Black Cabinet” advises FDR
Symbolic stance by 1st Lady in support of Marian Anderson’s concert in D.C.
FDR fails to support Civil Rights – needs Southern support
Regardless, move of Blacks to Democratic Party

8. Cultural Impact of New Deal
Art:
WPA artists “decorate America,” capture rural scenes
Grant Wood’s “American Gothic”
Music:
Woody Guthrie’s folk music-clip
Writing:
Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath

9. WPA Mural in Belmont’s City Hall portrays a scene from the American Revolution.2

10. Entertainment People seek ways to escape troubles…
Movies like Gone with the Wind, Snow White, The Wizard of Oz
Radio is widespread and hugely popular
Board games like Monopoly

11. The End of the New Deal
1937, FDR scales back New Deal programs…unemployment increases
By 1939, programs effectively ended. Events in Europe begin to take precedence
Legacy of New Deal is mixed – some see it as success, others as a failure.
World War 2 ultimately rights economy
Expanded government role in economy, social programs that remain today

12. From http://www.socialsecurity.procon.org
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