1. U. S. History & Government 11th Grade Boys/Girls 29 October 2019
What were the Second New Deal Programs and How did They Help America Recover?
U. S. History & Government
11th Grade Boys/Girls
29 October 2019

2. Do Now
How did the Supreme Court react to First New Deal?

3. Student Group Activity Questions
How did the 2nd New Deal provide help to the farmers?
IN what ways were the relief programs extended?
How was the National Youth Administration effective?
What programs were adopted to help labor relations? How were the effective?
What programs and legislations were adopted to protect the retiree, unemployed, elderly and poor? How effective were they?

4. New Elections & 2nd New Deal
1934 Midterm Congressional Election
Popularity of New Deal helped democrats to increase their majority in the Congress
FDR started a 2nd wave of reforms – the Second New Deal – to help the poor.
Eleanor Roosevelt helped the President
1936 Election
Roosevelt, Democrats and New Deal won big
African Americans voted democratic for the 1st time.
All labor unions supported FDR.

5. Helping Farmers New laws were passed to replace AAA
Paid farmers to use soil conservation
The 2nd AAA was passed
Other laws helped sharecroppers and tenant farmers
Provided loans to farmers to buy land
Migrant workers were provided with better housing.

6. Extending Relief Programs
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
To create jobs as quickly as possible
Used millions of workers to build airports, roads, libraries, schools, and hospitals
Sewing groups made clothes for the needy.
It employed teachers, writers, artists, actors, and musicians
Special efforts were made to help women, minorities and the young.

7. National Youth Administration (NYA)
Provided aid and part-time jobs to many high school & college students
Allowed them to get an education during the tough times

8. Improving Labor & Other Reforms
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) was passed to replace NLRA.
Supported workers’ right to collective bargaining
Set up the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB]
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Set a maximum hour and minimum wage limit
Banned child labor in factories

9. The Social Security Act
Old-age Insurance
Unemployment compensation
Aid to the disabled and families with children
Rural Electrification Administration
Extended electricity to rural areas

10. Homework
Questions 1 and 2 on page 707

11. How did New Deals Affect Different Groups of Americans?
U.S. History & Government
10/29/2019

12. Effect on Women Women were hired in Federal positions.
First Woman in Cabinet – Frances Perkins
First Women federal judges
Some government agencies and businesses did not hire women, and others set lower wage limit for them
Civilian Conservation Corps hired men only
NRA set lower wage level for women

13. Effect on African Americans
Some African Americans were appointed to important government positions
Mary McLeod Bethune as head of Minority Affairs Office of the NYA
She also organized “Black Cabinet” of FDR
FDR did not push for full civil rights

14. Effect on Mexican-Americans and Native Americans
Mexican-Americans gained little or no benefit from the New Deal
Native Americans gained more rights to their land claim.
John Collier, commissioner on Indian Affairs, helped pass Indian Reorganization Act.

15. New Deal Coalition It was a body of groups who supported the New Deal.
Made up of Southern Whites, city people, African Americans and workers who were union members
Labor unions gained in the 1930s
Industrial workers broke away from American Federation of Labor to form Congress of Industrial Organizations
New strike strategy – sit-in
National Labor Relations Board mediated to solve problems between companies & union