The New Deal Era

							    The Last Days of the New Deal
   New Deal led to improvement, but in 1937 the
    economy collapsed into recession.
      Due to cuts in New Deal spending

      People had less $ to spend

      Some expensive work programs were cut back to
       slow national debt.
   FDR did expand some programs after 1937 &
    economy began to improve but not until 1940.
       New Deal protections helped labor unions grow
   Many strikes (sit-down) erupted in violence.
       Provided jobs for unemployed artists
         The Last Days of the New Deal
   Unions Triumph
       Wagner Act
            made unions more attractive
            Legalized collective bargaining
       Committee for Industrial Organization
            was created to unionize unskilled laborers within the AFL
            Changed the name to the Congress of Industrial Organizations
            John L. Lewis was the 1st president
The Last Days of the New Deal
               Literature
                  John Steinbeck’s The
                   Grapes of Wrath tells story
                   of victims of the Dust Bowl
                  Zora Neale Hurston’s Their
                   Eyes Were Watching God
                   describes the life of an
                   African American woman
                   in Florida
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               Radio
                  Radio becomes a major
                   source of entertainment
                   for American families
                  Comedy shows & soap
                   operas are especially
                   popular
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               Movies
                  At 25 cents for a double
                   feature, movies offer
                   affordable entertainment.
                  Films such as The Wizard
                   of Oz, Marx Brothers
                   movies, and Disney
                   cartoons help Americans
                   escape hard times.
     Cultural Life During Depression
Literature                 Radio                Movies
John Steinbeck’s The      Radio becomes a     At 25 cents for a
Grapes of Wrath tells      major source of      double feature,
story of victims of the    entertainment for    movies offer
Dust Bowl                  American families    affordable
Zora Neale Hurston’s      Comedy shows &      entertainment.
Their Eyes Were            soap operas are      Films such as The
Watching God               especially popular   Wizard of Oz, Marx
describes the life of an                        Brothers movies, and
African American                                Disney cartoons help
woman in Florida                                Americans escape
                                                hard times.