Feb. 8-12

Monday- Discussed New Deal

Tuesday- Discussed New Deal

Wednesday-Discussed New Deal

Thursday-Discussed New Deal and Prepared for Tests Reply on some of your FORUM POSTSSSSSSS

Friday-

New Deal

What did it do for...

  • Unemployed people 
    • Civilian Conservation Group
    • Reconstruction Finance Corporation(trickle down in action)
      • Gave loan to banks
      • Gave states loans
    • Federal Emergency Relief Act(FERA)
      • Distributed 20 million dollars in direct aid  to the unemployed(Welfare)
      • Provided many different types of jobs not just construction jobs
    • Public Works Administration(PWA)
      • Created many jobs in many different varieties 
        • Mostly all construction jobs
          • Dams
          • airports
          • bridges 
          • Schools
          • Hospitals
    • Civil Works Administration(CWA)
      • Created construction jobs 
      • Overspent and was cancelled 
    • Works Progress Administration(WPA)
      • Created construction jobs with unskilled workers
      • Helped Artists and musicians get job
    • Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)
      • Building of a lot of dams
        • generated electricity to sell
        • controlled flooding
      • Building in Tennessee's general area
  • Young People
    • Civilian Conservation Groups
      • CCC members worked 40 hours a week and were paid 30$ a a month, but 25 had to go back to their family. 
        • They got food/water
        • Lived under "military control"
        • What they did
          • Planted Trees
          • fought forest fires
          • Built military bases
    • National Youth Administration(NYA)
      • Pushed by Eleanor Roosevelt
      • Made jobs where students could stay in school, and work
      • Jobs for boys and girls
      • Live at home
      • Part time work
      • Kids were paid to learn jobs and skills
  • Banks 
    • Emergency Banking Relief Act(EBRA)
      • Bank Holiday
        • Close the banks down temporarily and fix them, and then reopen them when they are stable.
    • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)
      • Insured peoples money in the bank
      • Ensures checking and savings account money
  • Stock Market
    • Federal Securities Act(FSA)
      • Made stock market safer for peoples money
      • Two Goals
        • Required Investors to be given truthful information about the company
        • Prohibited deceit- companies couldn't misinterpret their stocks and make stocks worth more than they were.
    • Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)
      • Enforced the rules made by the FSA
      • Regulated the Stock Market
  • Factory Workers
    • National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA)
      • Established codes of fair competition
        • Give workers good hours
        • Give workers fair wages
        • Have prices for product at a good cost
      • Voluntary not forced
    • National Labor Relations act/board(NLR)
      • Conduct elections for unions
      • Push for collective bargaining 
        • Whole group goes in to better all workers
      • Fix unfair labor practices
    • Fair Labor Standards Act(FLSA)
      • Established first national Minimum Wage
      • Established 40 hour work week
      • Guaranteed more money for overtime 
  • Farmers
    • Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA)
      • Paid farmers to plant less
      • Increased crop prices
      • Destroyed crops and livestock by killing and burning
      • Declared Unconstitutional by the supreme court
    • Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act(SCDA)
      • Worked on preserving land by 
        • Planting trees 
        • cover crops
      • Educated Farmers on how to take care of their land 
    • Rural Electrification Administration(REA)
      • Brought electricity to rural areas
      • Provided jobs
    • Farm Security Administration(FSA)
      • Provided relief to small farmers by helping them purchase their farms
        • Many people purchased machinery with the money
        • Farmers then got rid of their farm hands
  • Homeowners
    • Home Owner's Loan Corporation(HOLC)
      • People had to pay 50% down
      • People had 5-7 years to pay back
      • HOLC stretched years to pay back to like 15 years
      • Made so people had to put less % down
    • Federal Housing Administration(FHA)
      • Help build homes that are affordable for lower class citizens
      • Makes paying banks back easier
    • United States Housing Authority(USHA)
      • Build affordable homes for lower class citizens
  • Elderly
    • Social Security Administration(SSA)
      • Provides the following benefits
        • Retirement 
        • Disability 
        • Survivor benefit
      • Money taken from worker to "force retirement"
  • Consumers
    • NIRA 
      • blue eagle codes
    • Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act(FFDCA)
      • Set new regulatory standards for foods and cosmetics
      • Made sure food is safe to consume and encounter
  • Native Americans
    • Indian Reorganization Act(IRA)
      • Allowed Indians to return to the way they could leave
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