Today we are going over mr.bruns' powerpoint again.
- What were some of the reasons the New Deal was challenged?
- Created a very powerful president that led congress, this was a violation of checks and balances.
- it was a radical departure from laissez faire ideals. created big government.
- some acts appeared interfering and at worst unconstitutional
- heavy debt burden.
- New Deal vs 2nd New Deal
- restore nation's hope
- help banks and stock market
- provide jobs and relief for poor
- plan and regulate the economy
- pass new labor laws
- create and expand new deal agencies
- establish social security for older people and unemployed.
- RFC-Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- gave loans to banks, state and local govt's, and business' to create projects/jobs for people
- gave states loans for emergency relief needs
- started under hoover
- not as successful as hoover had hoped
- dissolved in 1946 after WWII
- (TRICKLE DOWN THEORY)
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- helped young people 18-25 guys
- planted trees, fought forest fires,stopped soil erosion
- helped construct military bases during WWII
- funding stopped in 1942
- Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
- Enacted in 1933
- Main function was to create FERA
- it distributed more than 20 million dollars in direct aid to the unemployed
- had 3 primary objectives
- 1. direct relief measures
- 2. provide work for employable people
- 3. provide many different types of relief programs
- Public Works Administration (PWA)
- construction projects
- airports, dams, aircraft carriers, bridges
- was responsible for 70% of the new schools and 33% of the hospitals built between 1933- 1939.
- Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- largest and most comprehensive new deal agency
- was a make work program that provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the G.D.
- WPA projects primarily employed unskilled workers in construction projects across the nation.
- roads, bridges, buildings, airport runways
- presented concerts, produced works of arts
- National Youth Administration (NYA)
- pushed heavily by eleanor roosevelt
- helped young people
- they were paid $10-$25 a month for part time work that included job training to provide money for school
- Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)
- i have this on my powerpoint, so i will get info from thereFederal SEcurities Act (FSA)
- Federal SEcurities Act (FSA)
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