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Protests and
Impacts
THE NEW DEALHOW DID THE NEW DEAL AFFECT THE NATION?
Left WingLiberal (more government
intervention)
The New Deal had not done enough. It should give more aid to the needy.
Radical View: The government should seize factories, and unused land. Jobs should be given to unemployed.
Right Wing
Conservative (less government intervention)
New Deal has gone too far in expanding the role of the federal government. Tax $$ being wasted
The New Deal is Socialist and unconstitutional.
CRITICS ATTACK THE NEW DEAL
1934: Asked Americans in a fi reside chat, “the plain facts of your individual situations. Are you better off than you were last year?”
People answer a resounding “YES” by electing a large number of Democrats in both the House and the Senate.
FDR’S RESPONSE
Strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act. Ruled that it violated the
separation of powers by giving the President power to regulate business rather than Congress.
Strike down the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Regulating Agricultural
production IS NOT the federal government’s job.
SUPREME COURT ATTACKS THE NEW DEAL
There were diff erent reactions to FDR’s New Deal. What is one way that right wing and left wing attitudes towards the New Deal were different?
FDR responded to his critics and was supported by the American people. Explain one way that Americans showed support for the New Deal programs enacted by FDR.
TURN & TALK
Labor movement Strengthened power grew
Wagner Act: guaranteed the right of workers to form unions and to bargain collectively.
Automobile, rubber, and steel industries organized unions.
Union membership doubled from 14% 28% in 1940
OVERALL IMPACT ON WORKERS
FDR influenced by Eleanor Roosevelt.
She encouraged him to place more women in government positions.
Women pressured to leave workforce to open up jobs for men with families to support.
Labor unions often supported the exclusion of women from the workforce.
A MIXED DEAL FOR WOMEN
Competition for jobsDiscrimination in
hiring practicesUnemployment
rates much higher for African Americans than whites
New Deal agencies practiced segregation.
Educated African Americans able to get some government jobs.
DISAPPOINTING DEAL FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
Jobs dries up in the Southwest where most Mexican Americans lived.
Experienced similar racial discrimination in hiring practices
The AAA pays farmers to cut back on planting. Mexican farm laborers lose their jobs.
Mexican laborers who were not citizens could not enroll for New Deal work relief. 1/3 return to Mexico
A TOUGH DEAL FOR MEXICAN AMERICANS
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