Limits and Legacies of the New Deal

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African Americans

1865 (after Civil War) - 1932 >>>>> voted Republican
1936 - ???                    >>>>> voted Democrat

lynching a federal crime |
&                        |-----> NOT ACCOMPLISHED
banning poll taxes       |


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Native Americans

John Collier - Commissioner of Indian Affairs
"cultural relativism"
1934 Indian Reorganization Act (to counter the 1887 Dawes Act)


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Women

Secretary of Labor - Frances Perkins (1st female cabinet member)
New Deal was not helpful to women, but at least it wasn't
hostile to them either (see African Americans/segregation/discrimination in book)


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The West

The West disproportionately beneffitted from the New Deal
Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River - largest project in history
There is a visible bureaucratic influence of the federal government in the West


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The Economy
  1. challenged corporate power
  2. increased regulatory functions of the federal government
  3. government must promote and regulate growth (end laissez faire)
  4. created a welfare state

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Politics

  1. increase federal power/decrease state power
  2. increase executive power/decrease legislative power
  3. downplay cultural problems and differences/focus on economic concerns
  4. increase the public's expectations of its federal government