New Deal Flyer
Makenzee Elder & Maddy Lundquist
FDR Takes Charge
The US government has come up with a plan to get the US back on its feet after the Great Depression and that plan is called the New Deal. The New Deal includes domestic programs, laws and executive orders passed by the president, Franklin Roosevelt. The New Deal is supposed to help the government with relief, recovery, and reform also known as the 3 Rs. It will help relieve the poor, especially the unemployed, recover the damaged economy, and reform the system that the US has for finances. With the New Plan, the US can get back on track and make up for what it lost in the Great Depression.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
This is a new federal law that concerns all farmers in the US. The farmers are now required to kill their livestock that are not necessary and they are not allowed to plant crops on part of their land. If the farmers obey this new law the. The government will give them subsidies. The goal of this is to reduce the amount of crops being planted in hopes to raise their worth. As a result of this new law, the agency Agriculture Administration Administration is being created.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Tennessee Valley was one of the main areas affected during the Great Depression. The congressional charter has decided to find a way to help them out and took action in May. Nebraska’s senator, George W. Norris was the main supporter for this association. The Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) has been created and its plan is to help out the Tennessee Valley area by providing flood control, electricity generation, economic development and other services. It's goal is to modernize economy and society.
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
This is a program to help young men find work. Young men of the ages between 17 and 28 who are jobless and single. The program is helping these young men to find labor jobs with natural resources in the rural areas. The goal was to help families revive after the Great Depression by finding them jobs. Another goal of the CCC was to create a better natural resource program for the US.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
The National Recovery Administration is a prime New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). The goal is to eliminate "cut-throat competition" by bringing industry, labor and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
The CWA was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 8th. Itis another job creation program that has been created to help out the many, many people who lost their jobs during the Great Depression. It's goal is to make as many labor jobs as it can as quickly as it can to help improve America's broken economy. Unfortunately the jobs are temporary for the winter time, but they are still helping the millions of people who lost their jobs.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The Work Projects Administration; WPA is the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects including the construction of public buildings and roads. In a much smaller but more famous project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.
Social Security Act (SSA)
The Social Security Act is an attempt to limit what we see as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens on widows and fatherless children.
Emergency Relief Appropriations Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes almost $5 million to implement work-relief programs on this day in 1935. Hoping to lift the country out of the crippling Great Depression, Congress is allowing the president to use the funds at his discretion.
With all of these new deals, Franklin D. Roosevelt is sure to make the United States a better place. Remember, the New Deal is supposed to help the government with relief, recovery, and reform also known as the 3 R’s. So now your only job is to agree!