1. Effects of the New Deal
Chapter 9: section 3

2. Women and the New Deal Eleanor deeply involved in presidency
1st female cabinet member:
Frances Perkins: Secretary of Labor
Helped est. Fair Labor Standards
New Deal reinforced gender differences
WPA hired mostly men
CCC hired no women

3. African Americans Unemployment 50% by 1934
Eleanor sat with black delegates
African American advisors – Black Cabinet
President would not support anti-lynching
Did not want to lose southern support
Excluded domestic and farm laborers in Social Security
Sharecroppers evicted with AAA

4. Native Americans Dawes Act worsened life
Indian New Deal – economic assistance and greater control
Encouraged practice of religion and customs
Indian Reorganization Act – restored tribal control over land
Navajo Livestock Reduction – had to kill or sell sheep in Colorado
Believed to be destroying soil.