New Deal Programs

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New Deal Goals

Relief – help for the unemployed, gives out money

Recovery – improve economic conditions, putting

people back to work

Reform – prevent future depressions, still present

today

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• AAA

• 1933 – 1936, *1938*

• Reduced production

of crops to raise

farm prices (paid

farmers to produce

less). Declared

unconstitutional in

1936.

Tennessee Valley Authority

• TVA

• 1933 - Present

• Built dams on the

Tennessee River to

control flooding and

generate electricity

Public Works Administration

• PWA: 1933 - 1941

• Put people to work building roads, buildings,

and other public works projects. (This

program is responsible for creating the Blue

Ridge Parkway and the Cary Arts Center)

Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation• FDIC

• 1933 - Present

• Insured individual savings accounts so that people

did not lose their money if banks failed (closed)

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

• FERA

• 1933 - 1935

• Provided federal

funds for state and

community relief

efforts – sent money

to individual citizens

in need (ineffective)

Civilian Conservation Corps

• CCC

• 1933 - 1939

• Provided jobs for young

single men building forest

trails and roads, planting

trees to reforest the land

and control flooding, and

building parks (Umstead

State Park).

Federal Housing Administration

• FHA

• 1934 - Present

• Insured home loans

for low-income

families.

Social Security Administration

• SSA

• 1935 - Present

• Created a system for

retirement and

unemployment insurance.

Works Progress Administration

• WPA

• 1935 - 1943

• Employed out-of-

work Americans

to repair roads,

build or repair

bridges, paint

murals, write

guidebooks, put

on plays and

musical

performances, and

create statues in

parks.

Fair Labor Standards Act

• FLSA

• 1938 - Present

• Established a maximum

work week and

minimum wage,

prohibited child labor in

certain industries and set

minimum age for child

workers.

Rural Electrification Authority

• REA

• 1935 - Present

• loaned money to

farmers’ co-ops to help

them extend power lines

and buy power

wholesale

Farm Credit Administration

• FCA

• 1933 - Present

• Formed to save farmers from defaulting on

their loans

New Deal Goals

Relief – help for the unemployed, gives out money

Recovery – improve economic conditions, putting

people back to work

Reform – prevent future depressions, still present

today

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deal