1. Chapter 15 Section 3 Notes How the New Deal Effects Different Groups

2. Women and the New Deal Positions in Federal Govt.
Frances Perkins
1st Female Cabinet Member
Sec. of Labor
Helped get Soc. Security underway
Florence E. Allen
1st Female Federal Court Judge
Denied for Supreme Court
Positions in the Workplace
More married women worked

3. Women Discriminated against
Some businesses would only hire men
80% of public thought wife shouldn’t work if husband had a job
Some Fed. Agencies hired less women than men (or none)
CCC was all male

4. Women mostly support FDR
Love his wife
Love his energy and optimism
Created more jobs

5. African – Americans and the New Deal
Over 100 Positions in Fed. Govt. (most ever at the time)
Many due to Eleanor
Marian Anderson story (in book… pg. 506)
Singer, discrimated against, Lincoln Memorial
Mary McLeod Bethune
Head Division of Negro Affairs in NYA
Hired people to provide job training
Gave educational assistance to minorities
Organized “Black Cabinet”
Advised FDR on race issues

6. 1st time a president asked for input from a large number of African – Americans on issues concerning them

7. Af-Ams. Discriminated Against
FDR didn’t fight hard for full Civil Rights
Many work programs discriminated against blacks
Lower pay and fewer opportunities for jobs
didn’t want to get voters in South mad at him
wouldn’t support anti – lynching bill
Summary = Most Blacks liked FDR.
Better than the alternatives

8. Mexican – Americans and the New Deal
Generally supported FDR
Many worked for very low wages as laborers on farms
Faced lots of discrimination
Some programs helped them depending on their status
Legal aliens with an address = able to get a job (CCC)
No permanent address (migrant) = unable to get work

9. Native – Americans and the New Deal
Generally supported FDR
Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
Change from Dawes Plan (tried to assimilate Indians)
Govt. believed each Native Am. tribe should be independent
Communal ownership of tribal land
Children educated on reservation by the tribe
Allowed to elect officials to govern themselves
Most liked these changes

10. Labor Unions during the New Deal
Wagner Act increased their membership dramatically
better working conditions
increased collective bargaining
2 major unions
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Divided workers by job type (explain)
Only accepted skilled laborers (restrictive)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Believed in industry wide unions (like UAW)
Accepted unskilled laborers (inclusive)
Labor Day
Becomes a
National holiday
In 1894

11. Sit – Down Strikes

12. Main tactic used by labor unions during the 1930’s
Prevented scabs from replacing workers
Stopped production from continuing
Most were successful, but some led to violence
Memorial Day Massacre (Chicago, Steel workers, 10 dead, 80+ wounded)
Flint, Michigan (auto) strikes (GM plant, video on website)

13. New Deal Coalition
diverse mix of people that supported Dem Party under FDR
farmers, women, blacks, Hispanics, unions, Indians
played major role in getting FDR reelected in 1936
won 12 largest U.S. cities
Won all but 2 states (in Sec 2 powerpoint)
Huge landslide victory