Successes And Failures Of The New Deal Acts And Agencies And Overall Attitudes Flashcards
Successes of the new deal for black Americans
Slum clearances, around 200,000 CCC, Mary Bethune headed the National youth administration.
Successes of the new deal for women
1st female in cabinet Frances Perkins remove 59 corrupt officials,
Mary Bethune,
Eleanor Roosevelt campaign social issues,
WPA employed 460,000 women
Success of the new deal for unemployment and the economy
Stabilised banks, created millions of jobs
Success of the WPA
Gave clothes and food,increased employment built:
116,000 buildings
78,000 bridges
650,000 roads
8 million jobs in 8 years
Success of the TVA
Provided 10000s of jobs, educated in farming, building and training, Built towns for workers Hydroelectricity at Fontana dam 13 dams total
Overall how many people got jobs from the new deal
4 million
How much money was loaned to banks in the new deal
$1 billion
Aims of the new deal
To sort "ragged individualists" To get USA back in work Protect savings and property Provide for old sick and poor Improve industry and agriculture
Long term impact of new deal
Rebuilt economy, still has lasting legacies
How much money did the FSA give to farmers to rebuild from depressions and camps for migrant workers
$1 billion
Failure of the new deal for unemployment and the economy
By 1935 there were still 10.6 million unemployed, the economy took longer to rebuild than EU counties.
Failure of the new deal for blacks
Many agencies were racist (lower wages ect)
FDR never banned lynching
Of 10,000 WPA supervisors only 11 were black
List some failures of the new deal
Some people felt it was too involving in people’s lives
According to R it threatened free trade
Ww2 ended the great depression
Very expensive so progress was limited
Unemployment rate in 36 and 38
1936: 9milion
1838: 10 million
Who opposed the new deal
1- huey long, Dr Francis Townsend, father Coughlin
2- businessmen, republicans
3- the supreme court
