The Second New Deal &

The New Deal Coalition

Second New Deal1935

• A response to criticism – Right wing• Deficit spending

– Left wing• Not enough• Huey Long & Father Coughlin• Townsend Plan

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)– “Federal Number One”• Artists

– Congress did not pass at first• “Second hundred days”

Industrial Unions• Democrats/FDR– Unions could help end the depression

• National Labor Relations (NLR)– National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)– Set up secret ballots to determine whether

workers wanted a union– Binding arbitration– Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO)• Set up unions• Steel & autos• Sit-down strike

Social Security Act• August 1935– Workers earned the right to receive benefits because

they paid premiums– After age 65– Disabilities– Poor families with young dependent children– Unemployment payments– Left out farmers and domestic worker“no politician can ever scrap my social security program.”

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1936 Election

• African-Americans & women voted democrat– The Black Cabinet– FDR promoted several women• First woman to a cabinet post

• Ran against Alfred Landon“…violates the basic ideals of the American system.”– Huey Long assassinated– One of the largest landslides in history

Results & Legacy• 1937-Reputation took a hit– Court-Packing plan

• Increase in justices, and new retirement policies– Unemployment rose

• WPA & PWA cut• 1938- Congress wins more republican seats• 1939- New Deal era comes to an end– Limited success- high unemployment/not a full

recovery– Americans felt a stronger sense of security and

stability– Safety-net– Made government to powerful??– How much should government intervene to support

the economy or the disadvantaged??

Entertainment• Movies– Cheap– Everybody could go

• Dance Craze– Couples would dance for hours– Last couple standing won– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1afR4mLvw

• Board games– Monopoly

Campaign Poster• Create a campaign poster for FDR

• Include 3 of his successful programs

• Include at least 2 pictures

• Must be colored

• 15 points- Due at the end of the hour

• If you finish, work on your study guide