Title: New Deal Coalition: US History for Kids ***
Headings: New Deal Coalition
New Deal Coalition
Content: The influence of Eleanor Roosevelt had an enormous impact on American women
New Deal Coalition Fact 8: Much of FDR's New Deal was designed to help farmers such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) and addressed problems in rural areas by establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
New Deal Coalition Fact 9: New Deal legislation had gained support of the labor Unions. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) had given workers the right to organize and bargain collectively and established codes to address many issues including minimum wages, working hours and productivity. New Deal Coalition Fact 10: The Unemployed, Senior citizens and the disabled gave FDR support due to the prospect of Social insurance which would establish a national pension fund and an unemployment insurance system. Their confidence in the president was well placed when the Social Security Act of 1935 was passed. New Deal Coalition Fact 11: Religious minorities gave the president support as the FDR administration staffed new agencies with talented Jews and Roman Catholics
New Deal Coalition Fact 12: Ethnic minorities, many from new immigrant groups, derived benefits from the New Deal Programs as President Roosevelt displayed a sensitivity to life in urban American


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