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Social Media Overview. Terms and Conditions. Privacy Statement. Login to my Brill account Create Brill Account. Author: Sally K. Login via Institution. Purchase instant access PDF download and unlimited online access :. Add to Cart. PDF Preview. Save Cite Email this content Share link with colleague or librarian You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:. The federal government in guaranteed unions the right to organize and bargain collectively, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of established a mechanism for putting a floor under wages and a ceiling on hours that continues to this day.
It provided, in , financial aid to the aged, infirm, and unemployed when they could no longer provide for themselves. Beginning in , it helped rural and agricultural America with price supports and development programs when these sectors could barely survive. Finally, by embracing an activist fiscal policy after , the government assumed responsibility for smoothing out the rough spots in the American economy. Writ large, the New Deal sought to insure that the economic, social, and political benefits of American capitalism were distributed more equally among America's large and diverse populace.
The New Deal did this to a remarkable degree. By , the percentage of Americans without jobs remained in double digits and the American people lacked the purchasing power to jump start the economy. If capitalism was still sick in , democracy was also suffering from various maladies.
African Americans and women, despite a number of benefits accrued from the New Deal, still received far fewer of those benefits than white males and, partly as a result, remained at the bottom of the American economic ladder. The New Deal, moreover, did nothing to ensure that rights guaranteed to all Americans via the Constitution, such as the right to vote and the right to a fair trial, were guaranteed to blacks.
If FDR was elected in to fight the Depression, he was largely re-elected in because Americans believed he could guide the nation through a period of treacherous international relations. FDR correctly understood that Japan and Germany threatened the United States, which in turn endangered the cherished freedoms Americans enjoyed at home. With the onset of war in , FDR ably guided America's efforts to aid its allies without formally entering into hostilities.
When Japan and Germany forced his hand in December , Roosevelt rallied Americans in support of a massive war effort, both at home and abroad. An attempt to stimulate industrial recovery through centralized planning on a cooperative basis by management, labor, and government economists.
An immense government employment program to build roads, airports, etc. WPA personnel also wrote books, painted art, staged plays, etc. Attempted to equalize the power of big business by giving government support to unionization.
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