Effects of the New Deal Chapter 16, section 3

Economic

• Relieved poverty in some segments of society

Economic

• Created large deficits; raised the national debt.

Economic • Strengthened unions (Wagner Act and Closed

shop laws).

Economic • Created large public works projects (i.e. –

Hoover Dam, various city halls, etc.)

Economic• Strengthened banks and the stock market

Political

• Changed people’s view of the role of government.

Political Expanded the role of the Federal Government.

Political • Provided much political controversy.

Social

• Excluded help for tenant farmers.

Social • Discriminated against women and minorities.

Social

• Provided hope to Americans that they would be able to make it through the Depression

Cultural

• Encouraged popular and fine arts.

• Created the Federal Writers Project.

• Created the Federal Music Project.

• Created Federal Theatre Project

WPA

John Steinbeck

Wrote “Grapes Of Wrath”-Dust Bowl Farmers

traveling to California to seek a better life.

Thomas Hart Benson Painter who created modern murals of working

class scenes.

Marion Anderson

African American opera singer

denied use of Independence Hall in Philadelphia by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to sing in front of the Lincoln Monument instead.

The New Deal Today…• Impact is still

debated• May have

slowed our recovery

• Allowed millions to SURVIVE the Depression.

New deal hope