The Second New Deal

The 2nd Hundred Days

1st New Deal popular

Gains still not up to FDR’s expectations

Asked Congress for more extensive reliefFarmers & workers

Eleanor

Social reformerTraveled the US to observe conditionsUrged him to appoint women to gov’t

positions

Election of 1936

Republicans - Alfred Landon

Democrats - FDR - WINNER!

1st time that most African Americans had voted Democrat

Helping Farmers

mid 30’s AAA struck downCongress passed another lawSoil Conservation and Domestic Allotment

ActPaid farmers for cutting production of soil

depleting crops Rewarded for practicing good soil conservation

methods

Helping Farmers

1938 - second AAAMany features from the 1stNo processing tax to pay for farm subsidies

Resettlement AdminMonetary loans to small farmers to buy landReplaced by

Farm Security Admin (FSA)>$1 bill to help tenant farmers --> landownersEst. camps for migrant farm workers

Relief

Works Progress Admin (WPA)Harry HopkinsCreate as many jobs as possible $11 bill - 8 mill workers (unskilled)850 airports651,000 mi of rds125,000 public buildings300 mill garments for needy

WPA (cont)

Employed many professionals Wrote guides to citiesCollected historical slave narrativesPainted murals on wallsPerformed in theater troupes

Made special effort to help women, minorities, & young ppl (Eleanor)

Nat’l Youth Admin (NYA)

Provide edu, jobs, counseling, recreationFor young pplStudent aidWork-study progs

Reforms

Nat’l Labor Relations Act aka Wagner ActProtected right of workers to join unions

Collective bargainingProhibited unfair labor practices

Nat’l Labor Relations Bd (NLRB)

Fair Labor Standards ActMax hrs - 44 hrs (40 hrs after 2 yrs)Min wage - $.25/hr ($.40 by 1945)Rules for < 16 yrs old, banned hazardous work < 18 yrs

The Social Security Act

3 major parts:Old age insurance for retirees 65 or older

& their spousesUnemployment compensation systemAid to families with dependent children

and the disabled

Expanding & Regulating Utilities

Promote rural electrificationRegulate public utilities1935 - only 12.6% of Am. farms had

electricity Rural Electrification Admin (REA)

Get electricity to isolated area

1945 - 48% of …..1949 - 90%

Expanding & Regulating Utilities

The Public Utility Holding Co. Act of 1935Stop financial corruption in public utility industryOutlawed ownership of utilities by multiple

holding coDifficult to enforce

After reading the article…

Get into groups of 2 or 3 (no more than 3)What is the current problem???

Find facts to back it up

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