1/20/14

Presenting today:

New Deal

  • Programs created by Franklin D Roosevelt 
  • helped devastation from the great depression and millions liked him 
  • raise price of crops 
  • regulate stock market
  • raise faith in banks

2nd New deal

  • improve use of national resources
  • security towards old age
  • more dealing with peoples lives
  • in favor of poor
  • three R's
    • Relief - provide help for unemployment 
    • recovery - help bounce back from depression 
    • reforms - banking and economic
  • differences 
  • new deal was more with government and industry problems 
  • 2nd new deal was more with people

 The Unemployed

  • the new deal really helped 
  • just 4 years it had 6 million more jobs for the people 
  • farm tenancy act (1937)
  • really helped aid to poor farmers 
  • homestead projects loaned money to farmers 
  • CCC Civilian conservation corps 
  • provided jobs for single men
  • ages 18 - 25 
  • 3 million men had jobs from this they gave the men shelter clothing and food
  • they were paid 30 dollars A Month and had to send 25 to there family
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
  • easy jobs for unskilled people such as canning food and writing
  • CWA civil Works Administration
  • Mostly unskilled men 
  • built roads
  • bridges
  • schools employed musicians artist writers
  • PWA public work administration
  • built Dams
  • Bridges
  • Hospitals 
  • schools 
  • roads 
  • railroads
  • WPA Works Public Administration
  • Created the most Jobs of any mostly in construction
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