How did FDR assist farmers, workers, and homeowners

during the first Hundred Days?

By:Becca Gee

Caitlin O’FarrellKatya Reshatoff

Jenna Hwang

FDR’s Response to the workers, farmers, and homeownersReforming Banking and Finance- created a bank

holidayEmergency Banking Relief Act- authorized

Treasury Department to inspect the country’s banks

Fireside Chats- radio talks that Roosevelt gave occasionally about issues of public concern explaining his New Deal

Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933- reorganized baking system Established the Federal Deposit insurance

Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Securities ActPassed in May 1933Required corporations to provide complete info

on stock offeringsMade them liable for mis-representations 1st major federal legislation to regulate the

offer/sale of securitiesDisclose all material info that one would require

for potential investment

Securities & Exchange Commission Passed in June 1934Regulated stock marketPrevented people w/ inside info about

companies from “rigging” stock marketAnnual reports & financial reports required

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Raise crop prices by lowering production Government paid farmers to leave part of their land

unseeded Reduced surplus Government paid cotton growers $200 million to plow

under 10 million acres Paid hog farmers to slaughter 6 million pigs Upset many Americans Many people were going hungry still More money for farmers

FDR’s Assistance Continued…

Roosevelt est. programs to provide relief…

Civilian Conservation Corps: Young men (18-25) go to work (building railroads, developing parks, etc.) Paid $30 a mo. (workers only kept $5) Camps (on Great Plains) provide food/uniforms (per. 8 yrs.

200 mil. Trees planted) Federal Emergency Relief Administration:

Provides relief for needy (food/clothing to unemployed, ill, aged etc.) (funded w/ $500 mil.) $250 mil. Raised (1 fed. dollar= 3 state dollars)

Public Works Administration: (June 1933) Gave $ to states to create jobs

Used to construct schools/comm. buildings (failed to help unemployment)

Civil Works Administration: (Nov. 1933) Provided 4 mil. jobs immediatelyBuilt 40,000 schools, ½ mil. miles of road,

paid over 50,000 teachers salaries

NIRA: TVA:(National Industrial Recovery Act)Created NRA (National Recovery Administration) set fair prices Est. labor

standards (hours/child labor)

Est. codes Limited production Est. prices Guaranteed

workers’ rights (unionize & bargain)

(Tennessee Valley Authority)

May 18, 1933 Create prosperity

in Tennessee River Valley

Build and repair dams

Thousands of jobs created

Provided flood control, hydroelectric powers, etc.

HOLC: (Home Owners

Loan Corporation)

Provided gov. loans to homeowners facing foreclosure

FHA: (Federal Housing

Administration) Created by

National Housing Act

Furnish loans for home mortgages and repairs

Reforming Banking and

Finance

Emergency Banking Relief

Act

Fireside ChatsGlass-Steagall Banking Act of

1933

Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Securities Act

Securities and Exchange

Commission (SEC)

21st Amendment-

Repealed Prohibition

Agricultural Adjustment Act

(AAA)

First Hundred Days

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Federal Emergency Relief

Administration (FERA)

Public Works Administration

(PWA)

Civil Works Administration

(CWA)

National Industrial

Recovery Act (NIRA)

National Recovery

Administration (NRA)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Home Owners Loans

Corporation (HOLC)

Federal Housing Administration

(FHA)

Key Terms National Industrial Recovery Act:

Enabled President/National Recovery Administration to formulate/execute measures for reducing industrial employment

Promoted ind. growth by est. codes of fair practice for individual industries

Civilian Conservation Corps: Unemployment program est. for young men. Recruits lived in camps, received $30 a mo. + food /med. careProjects: planting trees/building flood barriers/fighting forest

fires/maintaining forest roads/trails Employed total of 3 million men during its existence

Agricultural Adjustment Act: Raised crop prices by lowering prod. (farmers left land

unseeded)Gov. paid cotton growers $200 mil. to plow less than 10 mil.

acres of cropHog farmers slaughter 6 million pigs Helped raise farm prices + increased farmers higher salary

When the Roosevelt administration launched into a period of intense activity from March 9 to June 16, 1933 is known as ____________.

Question #1

Question:When the Roosevelt administration

launched into a period of intense activity from March 9 to June 16, 1933 is known as ____________.

Answer:

The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) both created what?

Question #2

The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and the TVA ( Tennessee Valley Authority) both created what?

Answer:

Jobs for the unemployed

Question:

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