new deal relief, recovery, and reform. relief it was aimed at providing help to the millions of...
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New DealRelief, Recovery, and Reform
Relief
• It was aimed at providing help to the millions of workers and their families that were jobless and homeless
Relief
1. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-
• Hired young men to plant trees, build dams, and work on other conservation projects
• Lived in army-type camps
• Paid $30 a month and had to send $22 home
2. Public Works Administration (PWA)-
• Created jobs by having people build highways, bridges, schools, hospitals, airports, and ships for the navy
• Gave about a half of million people jobs
Relief
3. Works Progress Administration (WPA)-• Employed almost 8 million men and women as
artists, writers, musicians, and constructions workers
• Cleared slums, built power plants, performed free plays and concerts
• Largest and most controversial program -criticized for wasting tax payer’s money applauded for creating jobs and boosting morale
Recovery
• Aimed at helping the economy get back on its feet and focused on agriculture and industry
Recovery
1. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
• Tried to bring farm income up to WWI level
• Paid farmers to produce less cotton, corn, wheat, rice, milk, and fewer hogs
• Bought farm products to distribute to people for relief
2. Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• Tried to relieve rural poverty
• Gave loans to sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and laborers to buy land, tools, and livestock
• Educated farmers on soil conservation, new crops, and farm management
Recovery
3. National Recovery Administration (NRA)
• Regulated industry by creating strict codes for businesses on prices charged and amount of goods produced
• Raised wages-set• Prohibited child labor
4. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Helped restore confidence in the banks by protected the money of depositors in insured banks
• Banks that were insured had to pass government inspections and follow government regulations
Reform
• Aimed at making changes in the way Americans worked and did business so as to prevent future depressions
Reform
1. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Set up to oversee the buying and selling of stocks
2. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• Created to protect workers who wanted to organize unions
• Employees had right to collective bargain with employers for better wages and working conditions
Reform
3. Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
• Brought electricity to rural areas
4. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Built dams and operated power plants to provide low-cost electricity to people in seven states
Reform
5. Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Created to provide retirement pay to older citizens or people unable to work
Georgia’s Response to the New Deal (Opposition)
• Governor Eugene Talmadge did not support many parts of the New Deal - called it a threat to “Georgia’s way of life”
1. Opposed to minimum wage
- Hurt small private businesses
- Threaten white supremacy
2. Vetoed social security retirement benefits
3. Vetoed unemployment insurance
Georgia’s Response to the New Deal (Opposition)
4. Called President Roosevelt a Socialist
5. Planned to challenge Roosevelt for the Presidency in the 1946 election because term limits prevented him from running for governor again
Georgia’s Response to the New Deal (Support)
• Many Georgians welcomed the help the New Deal provided
• Roosevelt was special to many Georgians
-He visited Warm Springs, Georgia for polio treatment
- Established his “Little White House” in Warm Springs
Georgia’s Response to the New Deal (Support)
• 1936 elections Georgians choose:– Roosevelt for President– Richard B. Russell for U.S. Senator– Eurith D. (E.D.) Rivers for Governor
• Rivers supported:– the New Deal– Healthcare and welfare programs for rural
Georgians
Georgia’s Response to the New Deal (Support)
• Better education - 7 month school year and free textbooks for students
• State highway patrol
• Required driver’s licenses
• First 4-lane highway