Monday-
New Deal Programs
Civilan Conservation Corps(CCC)
Most successful new deal program
1,433 camps
300,000 workers
$30 per month
57,000 illerite
learned to read
Ended in 1943
Federal Emergency Relief Act(FERA)
Most Notable
Bulit highways, schools and damns.
Ended in 1943
Public Works Adminstration(PWA)
Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act
A large scale public work Construdtion Agency
Helped 3 million people
Works Progess Administration(WPA)
Made for unskilled men to bulid small jobs such as
New Schools
New Hospitals
New Bridges
New Airfields
New Roads
Civil Works Administration(CWA)
Gave people jobs
Built many constructions- Schools,Roads
National Youth Adminstration(NYA)
Helped people 16-24 trying to find jobs
Gave them education
The First Hundred Days
Fifteen major laws were enacted in order to fix the economy at the time
Deficit spending and priming the pump
Deficit spending is when someone spends more than they make
This term is typically used to refer to the government
Priming the pump is a term for spending to get the economy working
Deifict spening is often used to kickstart the enconomy
FDR vs the US Supreme Court- Court packing issue
On Febuary 5 1937, Prsident Roosvelt announced a plan to expand the supreme court to 15 judges
This plan received widepsread criticism from most republicans and many deomcrats
this policy would ensure that most of the supreme court justices would be on FDR's side
Tuesday- Farmers
Agriculture on high priority
Farm Credit Act(1933)
Lowered Debt
Stabilized economy through 30's
Falling crop prices
High production/low demand
Pay taxes/debt in crash
Propery foreclosure
Farm Security Administration(1937)
New Deal Critics and Feelings
It increased taxes, from 1.6 biliion in 1933 to 5.3 bilion in 1940
Taxes were increased on general purchases; the Middel Class had to pay
Higer teaxes meant less business jobs; more unemployment
Moved money away from the south, which was the poor region then
Charles Coughlin
Initially supported the New Deal
Fell out of favor w/ it when it didn't nationalize the banking system
Didn't like the cost for coinage of silver
Become an outspoken anti-semite
Francis Townsend
Become incorpated later as Social Security in the New Deal
Huey Long
Believed FDR hadn't "gone far enhough" with the New Deal
Believed in sharing the wealth, slogan" Every Man a KIng
He used his political power to revolutionize Louisiana
Thursday- Three R's
Relief-temporary help for suffering/unemployed Americans
Recovery-designed o quickly help the economy bounce back
Reform- long term fix to the depression by addressing the causes
Difference betwwen First New Deal and Second New Deal
First new deal- aimed to stabilize the economy and relieve those suffering
Roosevelt declared a four day bank holiday the day after his inaugration, which stopped people from withdrawing money from unstable banks
Second New Deal- more agressive than the First New Deal
The economy was still struggling and unemployment was still high, so Roosevelt lanuched more aggressive programs to help Americans.
Fireside chats- In the 1930's 90% of Americans households had radios
Fireside chats were radio addresses by President Roosevelt to the American people discussing various topics
In his first fireside chat, he encouraged Americans to stop taking their money out of banks
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