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The Second New Deal

The Second New Deal. Ch 23 Sect 2 Pg 701. Second New Deal. First New Deal Gains not as great as expected. Unemployment still high & production levels still low. New Deal still popular Launched a Second New Deal Second burst of economic reforms. Called on Congress to provide more relief.

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The Second New Deal

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  1. The Second New Deal Ch 23 Sect 2 Pg 701

  2. Second New Deal • First New Deal • Gains not as great as expected. • Unemployment still high & production levels still low. • New Deal still popular • Launched a Second New Deal • Second burst of economic reforms. • Called on Congress to provide more relief. • Included provisions for women, African Americans, & Native Americans

  3. Eleanor Roosevelt • First Lady • Social Reformer • Combined humanitarianism w/ great politics. • Traveled the country observing social conditions & reminding the president of social conditions.

  4. Reelecting FDR • Second New Deal under way during the 1936 election. • Victory for FDR & Democrats • Won the majority in both houses. • First time African Americans supported a Democrat rather than a Republican

  5. Focusing on Farms • Congress approved a second Agricultural Adjustment Act bringing back the first AAA • Attempted to help sharecroppers, migrant workers, & poor farmers. • Resettlement Administration – provided monetary loans to small farmers to buy land. • Latter replaced by the Farm Security Administration.

  6. Roosevelt Extends Relief • Works Progress Administration (WPA) • Goal – to create as many jobs as possible • Special efforts to help women, minorities, & young people. • National Youth Administration • Created specifically to provide education, jobs, counseling, & recreation for youth. • Provided student aid to high school, college, & graduate students. • Provided part-time jobs

  7. Improving Labor Conditions • Wagner Act – reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining. • Protected the rights of workers to join unions. • Prohibited unfair labor practices (ex. Interfering w/ union organization) • Fair Labor Standards Act • Set a max. work week at 44 hours • Set min. wage .25 an hour • Set rules for employees under 16 yrs. old

  8. Social Security Act • Three major parts • Old-age insurance for retirees 65 or older & their spouses. • Unemployment compensation system • Aid to families w/ dependant children & the disabled • ***Was not a total pension system or welfare system.

  9. Expanding & Regulating Utilities • Second New Deal included laws to promote rural electrification & regulate public utilities. • Public Utility Holding Company Act – took aim at financial corruption in the public utility industry. • Outlawed the ownership of utilities by multiple holding companies

  10. Answer these questions • What was the Second New Deal? • Why was the Second New Deal so popular? • What was significant about the election results of 1936? • Which legislation helped farmers? • How did the government help sharecroppers and migrant workers? • What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)? • What was the National Youth Administration (NTA)? • How did the New Deal help labor? • What benefits did the Social Security system provide? • How did the Second New Deal promote rural electrifications?

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