Wednesday February 3, 2010

RFC:It made loans to banks, railroads, farm associations, and other businessesIt started during the administration of Herbert Hoover in 1932They gave $2 million in aid to the state and local governmentsIt had a major role in handling the great depression and help set up the relief program \This helped banks and big businesses as well as unemployed people/farmersIt is not around today and completed what it was set out to doUSHA:was mostly used for lending oney to states and communities for low constuction costThere were about 650,000 low-cost people that needed jobsMost of these people were the homeless, and they got the jobs first cause the Gov. OF NY could not stand to see people with out homes or jobsThis program branched out the become the PWAThis program was fro m1933-1937 built 22,000 new housing unitsThe gov. saved half of the buildings for blacksNYA:Operated form 1935 to 1943It was under the Workers Progress AdministeredThe NYA granted young people money, and them being able to study at the same timeProvided them with jobsIt helped elementary to high school students be unemployed, and even for needy after the age of 16 up until 24, gave jobs tooJobs such as school projects, like renobation adn fixing things were giben to high school sstudents and graduates. Wages were 6-40 dollars a month for graduatesPaid for future job trainingIt was paid from tax dollarsOver 2.5 million students were enrolled in the programeFireside ChatsInformal monthly addresses that FDR gave from the start fo his term until the end.The purpose of the chats was to have AMerica losten at a time when America did not know where to turnDuring these broadcast, people could either like or dislike what he had to sayThese had a big impact on the nation, as FDR urged people to have faith in the economy. His speeches continued in the 1940s bc they were so successful 'Started the weekly radio address that is still around todayToday's presenters were very good.
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