1. Effects of the New Deal Chapter 16, section 3

2. Economic Relieved poverty in some segments of society

3. Economic Created large deficits; raised the national debt.

4. Economic Strengthened unions (Wagner Act and Closed shop laws).

5. Economic Created large public works projects (i.e. – Hoover Dam, various city halls, etc.)

6. Economic Strengthened banks and the stock market

7. Political Changed people’s view of the role of government.

8. Political Expanded the role of the Federal Government.

9. Political Provided much political controversy.

10. Social Excluded help for tenant farmers.

11. Social Discriminated against women and minorities.

12. Social Provided hope to Americans that they would be able to make it through the Depression Movies were about the great times in the past or America’s great future; not about current times.

13. Cultural Encouraged popular and fine arts. Created the Federal Writers Project. Created the Federal Music Project. Created Federal Theatre Project WPA 

14. John Steinbeck  Wrote “Grapes Of Wrath” -Dust Bowl Farmers traveling to California to seek a better life.

15. Thomas Hart Benson  Painter who created modern murals of working class scenes.

16. Marion Anderson  African American opera singer  denied use of Independence Hall in Philadelphia by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

17.  invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to sing in front of the Lincoln Monument instead.

18. The New Deal Today… Impact is still debated May have slowed our recovery Allowed millions to SURVIVE the Depression.

19. New Deal Organizations & Laws that still exist today: Security & Exchange Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Tennessee Valley Authority Social Security Administration