The Second New DealMore Help for Americans!

1936 : FDR was re-elected1936 : FDR was re-elected• 1st time maj. of African-Americans

voted for Demo. • 1st time labor unions gave united

support to a specific candidate

Help for FarmersHelp for Farmers

● The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (replaced AAA), 1936– rewarded farmers for good farming practices.

• Farm Security Administration, 1937– gave over $1 billion in loans to tenant farmers

& built camps for migrant workers.

Works Progress Administration, 1935Works Progress Administration, 1935• 1935–1943, $11 billion to create

unskilled construction jobs.– airports– roads– public buildings

“It was really great. You worked, you got a paycheck and you hadsome dignity. Even when a manraked leaves, he got paid, he had some dignity.”

■ collected slave narratives, painted murals in schools & on walls

• Special effort to help women, minorities, youth

Eleanor Roosevelt

What About the Kids?!What About the Kids?!• National Youth Administration, 1935• Provided education, jobs, counseling, and

recreation to young people.– Found part-time jobs for drop-outs– Work @school to pay for new clothes & supplies

Protection of WorkersProtection of Workers• National Labor Relations Act/ Wagner Act, 1935

– Supported union rights– Prohibited firing of union members

• Nat’l Labor Relations Board– Heard testimony about unfair business

practices– Held elections for union representation

• Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938– Reduced work week to 44 hours– Set Minimum wage – 25 cents

• (40 cents by 1945)– Banned hazardous work for minors

Social Security ActSocial Security Act• Old-Age Ins. 65 Years+

– employee paid ½ & employer paid ½ of retirement plan as you work.

• Unemployment Insurance– employees could draw from this

if out of work, due to layoffs.

• Aid to Families w/Dependent Children and the Disabled

■ Longest lasting and largest impacting New Deal Program

■ Will it be here for us?

Expanding UtilitiesExpanding Utilities• Rural Electrification Admin, 1935

– Brought electricity to rural and isolated areas• 1935 = 12.6% Amer. Farms had elect.• 1949 = 90%

Please answer the following questions in your notebook

1. Why do you think the Social Security Act was considered the most important achievement of the New Deal?

2. Excluding the SSA, which New Deal program do you think was the most important or most effective? Explain.