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Title: 12.3: The New Deal Coalition


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12.3 The New Deal Coalition
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A. New Deal Coalition
  • Group, made up of several different subgroups,
    which supports the Democrats
  • i.e, urban, A.A., southerners, unions

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B. Affects of the New Deal For African Americans
and Women
  • AA move from Republican to Democrat support
  • Mary McLeod Bethune
  • Office of Minority Affairs
  • Black Cabinet
  • Sec. of Labor Frances Perkins
  • Eleanor Roosevelt advocate for women AA

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C. Court-Packing Bill
  1. Wanted age criteria placed on Supreme Court
    Justices
  2. Criteria would allow FDR to name six new supreme
    court judges(?)
  3. Didnt pass considered political mistake by
    both parties and Americans
  4. Conservative Democrats worked w/Republican to
    stop any more New Deal proposals

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D. Recession of 1937
  • Unemployment increased
  • WPA and PWA cut significantly
  • Caused friction within FDRs administration
  • Do we go into more deficit spending to jump
    start economy?

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E. The New Deal Ends Last of the Reforms
  • 1. Federal Housing Admin (FHA)
  • Loans for home mortgages and repairs

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2. Fair Labor Standards Act
  1. Abolished child labor
  2. Limit work week to 44 hrs
  3. Set min. wage at .25/hr

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F. Legacy of the New Deal
  1. Gave Americans sense of security and hope
  2. Americans looked to government to protect their
    interests
  3. Govt allowed to mediate between competing groups
    broker state
  4. Made govt more powerful some say too powerful

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G. President does not support Civil Rights
  • African Americans continue to support him
  • Why?
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