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OVERALL
• Few were untouched by New Deal reforms• Supplying jobs- programs improved many ppl’s sense
of self-worth•NYA families incomes & kept kids in school
CRITICS
•Welfare state– gov’t provides basic needs•Deficit spending, gov’t spent more $
than it brought in revenue• Federal gov’t—the president–too
involved in the economy
SUPPORTERS• Fed. Gov’t expanded role was necessary= home loans,
farm subsidies, bank deposit insurance, relief & jobs, pensions, & unemployment insurance helped ppl survive the Great Depression•Min. standards for working conditions & protection of
worker’s rights
EVALUATION•Didn’t end the Great Depression, it did relieve suffering• Economy didn’t fully recover until preparation for WWII• Lasting results= programs & agencies that still exist today
EVALUATION• Long-term effect= electricity to rural areas•By 1950 nearly 90% did• Life easier & improved health
•Brought modern practices & industry to rural areas• South diversified it’s economy
IMPACT ON LABOR• 1st time, unskilled & skilled laborers unionized:•Women & African-Americans benefited= large % of
unskilled labors
IMPACT ON WOMEN
• Few economic benefits to women:• Social Security, NRA, & minimum wage laws weren’t
enough •Gains in gov’t: • 1st female cabinet member, ambassadors, & judges were
appointed under FDR• 1st female Senator: Hattie Caraway (D-Arkansas)
SUCCESSFUL?•Most successful politically:• FDR’s leadership unified a new Democratic voting
bloc •Used his leadership & optimism= psychological lift
QUICK REVIEW•What major points did critics have about the New
Deal?
•How did supporters of the New Deal defend it?
•What is the last legacy of the New Deal and was it successful?
ACTIVITY: NEW DEAL POLITICAL CARTOON
• Create a political cartoon as a critic or as a supporter of the New Deal YOUR CHOICE• MUST USE SYMBOLISM FOR FULL CREDIT
ACTIVITY: A WORLD WITHOUT A NEW DEAL• Write a narrative of a world that never had a New Deal or any of
the programs that came the New Deal. How different would the world be today?• Can include: No worker’s rights, no unemployment insurance, no
disability, no minimum wage, no FDIC, no Securities and Exchange Comm., no Social Security Act• Narrative: CLEAR introduction