Monday- New Deal Presentations Begin
Tuesday- Continuing New Deal Presentations
Wednesday- More New Deal Projects
Thursday- Mr. Bruns finishes New Deal Programs. Deficit spending is spending more money than we take in.
- Unemployed people- Public Works Administration built public facilities to provide jobs to unemployed people. They built schools, hospitals, roads, courthouses, etc.//Works Progress (Projects) Administration employed many people by making public facilities. Mainly construction jobs. Made Camp David which is the Presidential vacation home.//Civil Works Administration gave jobs to the unemployed. Mainly construction jobs.//Federal Emergency Relief Act gave direct aid(money) the needy. Hoping it would help them get jobs.
- Young people- National Youth Administration provided work and education for Americans between ages 16- 25. This helped kids stay in school and still have a job.//Civilian Conservation Corps provided jobs for young men. They would work in the environment, building shelters and planting trees. Created state parks.
- Banks- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation helped the banks pay back the money that their customers lost during the great depression. This backed up the money in banks.//Emergency Banking Relief Act stabilizes and regulated the banks. They closed the banks for four days to check over the banks and make sure they were being run properly and were stable.
- Stock Market- Securities and Exchange Commission made it so people could not buy stocks on account, and so there was no illegal activities going on in the stock market. (Enforcer)//The Federal Securities Act put rules into the stock market. (laws)
- Factory Workers- Nationa Industrial Recovery Act tried to get businesses to be fair. Give good hours and pay to workers and fair prices to consumers.//National Labor Relations Act/Board strengthened Labor Unions.//Fair Labor Standards Act established a minimum wage, time and a half, and prohibit child labor.
- Farmers- Farm Security Administration this took photos of the conditions that farmers were going through. Helped farm loans, and poor farmers so they could keep their farms.// Rural Electrification Administration brought electricity into rural homes.//Agriculture Adjustment Act offered farmers money to destroy their crops. They did this because there was an overproduction of crops.// Tennessee Valley Authority created dams, flood control, replanted forest. This helped prevent floods which would greatly help farmers.// Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act educated farmers on how to take care of the soil on their farms.
- Homeowners- Home Owners Loan Corporation helped middle-class families get loans so they would not lose their homes. Federal Housing Administration improved house conditions and made it easier to buy a house through a low percentage loans.
- Elderly- Social Security Administration provided benefits for the elderly, but also survivors, and disabled. This dropped poverty rates.
- Consumers- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act established quality standards for these things. Made products safer for consumers.
- Native Americans- Indian Reorganization Act gave Native Americans the ability to control themselves instead of the Government controlling them.
- Artists, musicians, writers, etc.- Federal Art Project Number One helped artists by giving them jobs painting things. This boosted morale.
Friday- People didn't like FDR because they thought he was trying to have total control, spending too much money, making the gov. too big, and doing illegal things. People say he did too much and spent too much, and others thought he wasn't doing enough and needed to spend more. Huey Long thought of take from the rich and give to the poor (communist). He was assassinated by Carl Weiss (doctor) in 1935.
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