Chapter 13 Section 3 and 4

13.3 AND 13.4 EFFECTS OF THE NEW DEAL

Objectives • Describe how the New Deal affected different groups in

American society • Analyze how the New Deal changed the shape of American party politics • Discuss the impact of FDR on the presidency

Conservative Gain • Economic downturn caused

republicans to pick up 7 Senate and 75 House seats in 1938

Women Help Lead New Deal • Eleanor Roosevelt: Changed what it

meant to be 1st Lady • Toured nation, helped FDR campaign

• 1st female cabinet member-Sec. of

Labor Frances Perkins

African Americans and New Deal • Eleanor very against discrimination • Black Cabinet • Advised FDR

• FDR did not always follow advice of

Black Cabinet • Anti-lynching law, wouldn’t support

because he would lose the vote of Southern Dems in congress

Native Americans and New Deal • Indian New Deal • Gave Native Americans economic

assistance and greater control over their fairs • Indian CCC

New Political Coalition • New Deal Coalition: brought together

southern whites, northern blue-collar workers, poor mid-western farmers, and African Americans • Before New Deal, African Americans voted republican • Coalition gave democrats majority in congress

Government Expands • Welfare State: government assumes

responsibility for providing for the welfare of the children and the poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed • “A country which no one is left out” FDR • Changed the role of the presidency=more powerful!

Culture of the 1930s • Escapism-movies were a form of escape,

people sought relief from concerns • Federal Art Project-WPA created funding for the arts. Gave jobs opportunities to artists