Was the new deal a success or a failure?
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- Created on: 05-05-13 21:34
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- Was the New Deal a success or a failure?
- successes
- by 1940 unemployment in the USA had fallen by about 40% since 1933
- Blacks were given accessto the CCCs, although they had separated camps
- FDR gave people hope and restored their confidence in government and the financial system
- Failures
- Recovery was only partial
- in 1937 industry was still only working at 75% of its 1929 level
- Many of the schemes FDR started only lasted a few months
- The CCC provided work for 6-9 months only. Some men went on to a whole series of CCC camps and still couldn't find work at the end of it
- Black Americans gained little improvement in their civil rights.
- FDR was dependent on southern democratic votes to get his laws through
- New Deal laws allowed blacks to be paid less than whites
- The AAA led to the eviction of poor black share-croppers
- Women made little progress toward equality. They were still paid less than men for the same work
- Recovery was only partial
- successes
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