New Deal Part 2

New Deal Part 2 ReviewDirections: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
Describe the Work Progress Administration: It put people back to work through civil projects and doing things like sponsoring artist.
Describe the Social Security Act: Provided pension for the elderly, established unemployment insurance, established insurance for work related accidents, and provided aid for poverty stricken mothers, children, the blind, and the disabled.
Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal: He believed that to get out of the GD, the standards of living for industrial workers needed to be raised. He got the Wagner Act passed which recognized employees’ rights to join labor unions and collective bargain.Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions.The SC struck down many of FDR’s programs.
Describe the Effects of the New Deal: The US changed from laissez faire approach to accepting responsibility to prime the pump of the economy. It turned US into a welfare state. The US took an active approach to the environment. It increased the power of the President.