Theme 3: Impact of the New deal and ww2 on usa Flashcards
what was the impact of the new deal on unemployment between 1929-1944?
1929: unemployment was 3.14% of workforce
1932 national wage bill only 40% of 1929 figure
1933: unemployment rose to 24.75% (around 18 million)
1936: Unemployment rate around 17%
1937: During the second New Deal, around 14.3%
1938: Spending cuts led to Roosevelt Recession, around 19%
1939: End of the New Deal and start of war time economy, 17.2%
1940: War time economy, 14.6%
1944: Unemployment at 1.2%
how did the WPA impact USAs infrastructure?
1935 - 1943 workers built 2,500 hospitals, 5,900 schools, 350 airports, 570,000 mile of road and 8,000 parks.
how did the CCC impact USAs infrastructure?
CCC was heavily involved in the development of National and State Parks, roads, planting trees and the building of tourist facilities.
how did the TVA impact USAs infrastructure?
The TVA of 1933 built dams that provided power both domestic and industrial use, transforming and modernising the lives of many Americans, and bringing electricity to many in the Tennessee Valley for the first time.
what were some of the political impacts of the new deal on women?
Women in politics held more influential and important positions during the New Deal than ever before.
- frances perkins: first women cabinet member
- mary mcleod bethune: most prominent black american
- eleanor roosevelt
what were some of the economic impacts of the new deal on women?
Women on average earned $525 per annum during the 1930s, half that of me
1933 Economy Act - forbade 2 people from same family from working for federal gov - 75% of those who lost their jobs were women
NRA codes allowed for unequal wages
The Social security Act (1935) did not include domestic servants, hundreds of thousands of these were women
what were some of the social impacts of the new deal on women?
There was a female equivalent of the CCC, nicknamed “She, she, she” camps - these employed women on short term projects
The New Deal saved education by funding schools, most teachers were women
Some alphabet agencies offered opportunities for women
what was the economy like in 1939?
Unemployment was still high, membership of labour unions had increased to 27% of the workforce, and industrial unrest was still a major problem in some major cities. 5 huge corporations still controlled 85% of all income generated by business… this suggests the New Deal had limited success in recovering the economy.
what was military spending like in 1940?
July 1940, $ 4billion toward US Navy
October 1940, $17 billion towards defence
how was the US economy healthier than when the new deal began?
Unemployment: 1933 25%, 1940 13.9%
GNP: 1933 $68.3 bn, 1940 $113 bn
what job opportunities did black americans have from the new deal?
WPA, led by Harry Hopkins: 1936-40 found work for 350,000 black Americans every year
Education programmes: over 5,000 black teachers employed
Mary McLeod Bethune, NYA: 500,000 young black Americans received skills training
Benefitted from Wagner Act and Social Security Act if working in jobs included
