HIST 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Mexican Repatriation, John Steinbeck, Works Progress Administration
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The goals for the se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d (cid:374)e(cid:449) deal (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t as i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediate as the first: expand jobs, security against old age, illness and unemployment. Social security act (1935: old age pension and unemployment insurance, poverty rates (still today) were highest in the elderly, the thought was that it is a responsibility of the government to provide for their people. National labor relations act (wagner act: gives a federal guarantee for workers to form a union, nlrb was created to make sure that the companies were following the law. The new deal economists thought that for every dollar they spend in the economy a two to three-dollar return would be returned. The 1936 election was between fdr and alfred landon (r) New deal coalition: this lasted till the 60"s a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)sisted of (cid:449)hite souther(cid:374) de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rats; eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) comminutes in the urban areas; unionized workers; farmers and african american voters. The republican party said that fdr was an economist royalist.
