Module 10 - New Deal

Educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans; Hired by the President to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Orson Welles

• Charles Coughlin

• Eleanor Roosevelt

Social reformer who combined humanitarian impulses with great political skills; Traveled the country, observing social conditions; Reminding the President about the suffering of the nation’s people; Urged him to appoint women to government positions

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Frances Perkins

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Francis Townsend

(Roman Catholic priest) broadcast radio sermons that combined economic, political, and religious ideas; Favored guaranteed annual income and the nationalization of banks

• Charles Coughlin

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Francis Townsend

• Huey Long

(physician and health officer) believed Roosevelt wasn’t doing enough to help the poor and elderly; Devised a pension plan that would provide monthly benefits to the aged

• Francis Townsend

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Charles Coughlin

• Huey Long

Senator of Louisiana; Early supporter of the New Deal, turned against Roosevelt, wanted the Presidency for himself; Proposed a nationwide social program called Share-Our-Wealth

• Huey Long

• Francis Townsend

• Charles Coughlin

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Two term governor of New York; Distant cousin of Theodore; Won an overwhelming victory for Presidency; Stricken with Polio in 1921

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Orson Welles

• Grant Wood

• Richard Wright

first female cabinet member; Secretary of Labor; Helped create Social Security system; Supervised labor legislation

• Frances Perkins

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Francis Townsend

• Eleanor Roosevelt

African American author; Completed his acclaimed novel Native Son (1939); A young man trying to survive in a racist world

• Richard Wright

• Grant Wood

• Orson Welles

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Great Depression Era painter; painted the portrait known as American Gothic

• Grant Wood

• Orson Welles

• Richard Wright

• Charles Coughlin

actor, director, producer, writer; Created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time; “The War of the Worlds”

• Orson Welles

• Grant Wood

• Richard Wright

• Huey Long