John Collier's Implementation Of The New Deal

The New Deal gave a jump start towards a balanced economic and lifted the spirits for those in need by helping people in need to recover their economy. “The AAA was based on a ‘domestic allotment” plan under which farmers agreed to reduce the acreage they cultivated or otherwise limit production” (Introduction: Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Liberalism 11). During World War I, farmers had to produce crops and goods like crazy, which to the decrease of crop prices and made farmers bankrupt. With the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farmers were able to gain more prices as they decreased their production to have a fair income and avoid surplus. Although farmers were producing less, they relieve their employees and used less land, on the other
hand, this act allowed farmers to gain fifty percent of their income back from World War I. The New Deal gave farmers their proper income and prevented overproduction. During the Great Depression, farmers were overuse and broken. Many citizens would benefit from the New Deal programs and this would include African-Americans.
From the second New Deal, African Americans would be employed under the Works Progress Administration. Under the WPA, African Americans were able to gain jobs and gave them an income to live on. There were more than 300,000 African-Americans that were employed (Foner 826). Under the Civilian Conservation Corps, this would allow more African-Americans to be employed and work on projects such as, flood control and forest preservation, which would give the employed 30 dollars per month (Foner 814). Before the New Deal, African-Americans were also bankrupt because they were working as tenant farmers, which meant overproduction and crop prices were decreasing. With the CCC, African-Americans were ready to work and ready to abandon sharecropping. Although African Americans were severely discriminated, they were able to expand their income status and gain jobs that they were banned from. With African-Americans new journey towards a new life, in a new work field, they were able to expand their careers. The New Deal spread onto many social groups, this included women.
Within the New Deal, it would not judge any person based on their skin and gender, and with Eleanor Roosevelt, women were able to expand their rights and jobs. With FDR’s wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, she was able to bring women into federal jobs. She would make women relevant in politics and have different positions within the government (Foner 834). For women, they were able to expand greatly under Eleanor Roosevelt that became involved with the New Deal and allowed women to gain better jobs. Form the New Deal, every woman did benefit from it, regardless of their exclusion from previous political matters and employment. This means that women began to expand their involvement within the government. FDR showed that his economic relief program allowed a variety of groups to be part of his program regardless of gender and skin color. women being part of the New Deal, Native Americans would play a role in the after-effects of the New Deal.
From FDR’s implementation of the New Deal onto the Great Depression, Native Americans were going to expand greatly towards their culture and education.
“Under commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, the administration launched an ‘Indian New Deal.’ Collier ended the policy of forced assimilation and allowed Indians unprecedented cultural autonomy. He replaced boarding schools meant to eradicate the tribal heritage of Indian children with schools on reservations, and dramatically increased spending on Indian health” (Foner 837). Scholars may argue that the Native Americans did not gain their independence nor their will to live on rich land, on the other hand, Indians were able to preserve their culture and traditions without force. With new and improved schools on the reservation, Native American were able to expand their education by learning new things rather than being forced to abandon their values and traditions. With Native Americans, they were able to expand their culture and education, in other words, Indians had greater freedom than ever before. With outside groups like Native Americans being part of the New Deal, the overall population that was unemployed would expand into jobs and have expanded
rights.
From a wide range of social groups that benefited from the New Deal, all the unemployed were affected by expanding their rights within their jobs.
“[The Congress of Industrial Organization] set out to create unions in the main bastions of the American economy. It aimed, said Lewis, at nothing less than to secure ‘economic freedom and industrial democracy’ for American workers- a fair share in the wealth produced by their labor, and a voice in determining the conditions under which they worked” (Foner 820). From the New Deal, FDR was able to decrease the percentage of unemployed from 25 to 14. With the new economic programs that allowed social groups to obtain a job, many wanted to expand their income and working conditions, so this led to the uprising of CIO. FDR supported labor organizations, which allowed them to expand and allowed FDR to pass the Fair Labor Standards Acts. The FLSA would allow workers to work for a minimum wage and allowed the maximum number of hours workers had to work per week. With this act, it was allowed to regulate employment demands and ensure that everyone working would benefit equally from it. From the New Deal, the unemployed were able to gain better jobs and create labor unions to establish a reliable act that would allow them to gain a fair income to support their families and
themselves.
From a wide variety of social groups, from Farmers to Native American, the New Deal was successful and lifted the spirits for each social group. Each social group had gained a job, have a better income status than never before, and were able to gain rights and freedom. As a matter of fact, the New Deal was effective and prosperous towards unemployed people because they were able to gain better jobs and better income than never before. For those who were excluded and were irrelevant towards politics, they obtained governmental jobs and enjoyed a greater freedom. The New Deal was highly criticized for its actions, nevertheless, it allowed social groups to expand and live a better life during the Great Depression. With the New Deal’s programs, it allowed various social groups to obtain a job within the construction, which allowed America to have an expansion in infrastructure and energy.