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Second New Deal: Farmers Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Replaced Agricultural Adjustment Act.

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1 Second New Deal: Farmers Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Replaced Agricultural Adjustment Act Replaced Agricultural Adjustment Act Paid farmers for cutting production of soil- depleting crops Paid farmers for cutting production of soil- depleting crops Cotton Cotton Wheat Wheat Rewarded farmers for practicing good soil conservation methods Rewarded farmers for practicing good soil conservation methods

2 Second New Deal: Farmers May 1935, Congress created Resettlement Administration May 1935, Congress created Resettlement Administration Loaned money to small farmers to buy land Loaned money to small farmers to buy land Farm Security Administration Farm Security Administration Replaced Resettlement Administration Replaced Resettlement Administration Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become land holders Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become land holders Established camps for migrant farm workers Established camps for migrant farm workers

3 Second New Deal: Employment Works Progress Administration (WPA) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Set out to create jobs quickly Set out to create jobs quickly $5 billion budget $5 billion budget Employed more than 8 million persons between 1935 and 1943 Employed more than 8 million persons between 1935 and 1943 They built: They built: 850 airports 850 airports Constructed/repaired 651,000 miles of roads Constructed/repaired 651,000 miles of roads 110,000 libraries, schools, and hospitals 110,000 libraries, schools, and hospitals

4 Second New Deal: Employment Works Progress Administration (continued) Works Progress Administration (continued) Women mainly employed in sewing groups Women mainly employed in sewing groups Made 300 million garments for the needy Made 300 million garments for the needy Employed professionals: Employed professionals: Teachers Teachers Writers Writers Artists Artists Actors Actors Musicians Musicians

5 Second New Deal: Youth National Youth Administration (NYA) National Youth Administration (NYA) Created jobs for young people Created jobs for young people More than 200,000 students received aid and assistance More than 200,000 students received aid and assistance

6 Key Words Farm Security Administration (FSA)- Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. FSA also established a networkers, who had traditionally lived in squalid housing. Farm Security Administration (FSA)- Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. FSA also established a networkers, who had traditionally lived in squalid housing. Work Progress Administration (WPA)- Created as many jobs as quickly as possible. 110,000 schools, libraries, and hospitals were built Work Progress Administration (WPA)- Created as many jobs as quickly as possible. 110,000 schools, libraries, and hospitals were built National Youth Administration (NYA)- provided aid and employment to young Americans. Provided work-relief programs for young adults. National Youth Administration (NYA)- provided aid and employment to young Americans. Provided work-relief programs for young adults.

7 Farmers FSA-Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. FSA also established a networkers, who had traditionally lived in squalid housing. Retirees Social Security-law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and dependant mothers and children. Old-age insurance for retirees 65 or older and their spouses. Youth NYA-provided aid and employment to young Americans. Provided work-relief programs for young adults. Unemployed WPA-Created as many jobs as quickly as possible. 110,000 schools, libraries, and hospitals were built The Second New Deal

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9 Which Act paid farmers for cutting production of soil-depleting crops? A) Wagner Act A) Wagner Act B) Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act B) Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act C) Social Security Act C) Social Security Act D) Works Progress Administration (WPA) D) Works Progress Administration (WPA)

10 What did the National Youth Administration (NYA) do? A) Created jobs for everyone. A) Created jobs for everyone. B) Aided retirees. B) Aided retirees. C) Loaned over $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. C) Loaned over $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. D) Provided work-relief programs for young Adults. D) Provided work-relief programs for young Adults.


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