1. Successes and failures of Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programs
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Successes and failures of Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programs

2. NEW DEAL PROGRAMS FDIC FERA CWA CCC NIRA PWA SEC HOLC AAA TVA WPA FSA
Emergency Banking Act/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FERA
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
CWA
Civil Works Administration
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Indian Reorganization
Act of 1934
NIRA
National Industrial Recovery
Act of June 1933
PWA
Public Works Association
SEC
Federal Securities Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
HOLC
Home Owners Loan Corporation
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
WPA
Works Progress Administration
FSA
Farm Security Administration
Wagner Act
National Labor Relations Act
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Social Security Act

3. FDIC/Emergency Banking Act
FDIC created by Glass-Steagall Act
Emergency Banking Act gave the government the opportunity to inspect the health of all banks. Banks were shut down on March 6,1933 by Roosevelt in order to force its passage
FDIC was formed by congress to insure deposits up to $5000

4. OUTCOME Reestablished American faith in banks.
Government inspectors found that most banks were healthy, 2/3 were allowed to open soon after.
Deposits has exceeded withdrawals after reopening

5. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Led by Harry Hopkins
Sent funds to depleting local relief agencies.
Mr. Hopkins believed that men should be put to work and not be given charity
Program funded public work programs

6. OUTCOME
Revitalized many deteriorating relief programs

7. Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Gave the unemployed jobs building or repairing roads, parks, airports, etc.

8. OUTCOME
Provided a psychological and physical boost to its 4 million workers

9. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Environmental program put 2.5 million unmarried men to work
Restored forests, beaches, and parks
Workers earned $1 a day but received room and board
Program funded similar programs for 8,500 women between 1934 to 1937

10. OUTCOME Taught men and women of America how to live independently.
Helped increase self-esteem of millions of Americans

11. INDIAN REORGINAZATION ACT OF 1934
Ended sale of tribal lands
Restored ownership of unallocated lands to Native American groups

12. NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT (NIRA)
Formed to boost declining prices, helping businesses and workers
Allowed trade associations in many industries to write codes regulating wages, working conditions, production, and prices.
Set a minimum wage
Created National Recovery Administration (NRA) Public Works Association (PWA)
Headed by Hugh Johnson

13. OUTCOME
Stopped tailspin of prices for a short time, but when higher wages went into effect prices rose too. Thus, consumers stopped buying
Cycle of overproduction and underconsumption put businesses back into a slump
NRA declared unconstitutional later on

14. PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION (PWA)
Launched projects such as the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River
Probably best part of the NIRA.

15. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)
Required full disclosure of information on stocks being sold
SEC regulated the stock market
Federal Reserve Board given power to regulate the purchase of stock on margin

16. HOME OWNERS LOAN CORPORATION (HOLC)
Refinanced mortgages of middle-class home owners
Allowed people to stay in their homes

17. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION (AAA)
Tried to raise farm prices
Farmers paid not to raise certain crops and animals
Lower production would increase prices

18. OUTCOME
Farmers killed off certain animals and crops as they were told by the AAA
Many American angry about such actions since there were so many Americans starving
Declared unconstitutional later on

19. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)
Helped farmers and created jobs in one of America’s least modernized areas

20. OUTCOME
Reactivated a hydroelectric power plant provided cheap electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the entire Tennessee River valley

21. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)
Agency provided work for 8 million Americans
Constructed or repaired schools, hospitals, airfields, etc.
Employed artists, writers and musicians

22. Art work from the WPA

23. FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Loaned more than $1 billion to farmers to set up camps for migrant workers

24. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (Wagner Act)
Legalized practices such as closed shops in which only union members could work and collective bargain
Set up National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enforce provisions
NLRB forced businesses to recognize unions

25. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
Banned child labor and set a minimum wage
Long awaited triumph for the progressive-era social reformers

26. SOCIAL SECURITIES ACT (SSA)
Established a system that provided old-age pensions for workers, survivor benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance,and aid for dependant mothers and children, the blind and physically disabled

27. OUTCOME
The original SSA did not cover farm and domestic workers, it did help millions of Americans feel more secure

28. MORE PROGRAMS AND ACTS
Rural Electrification Administration (REA): loaned money to extend electricity to rural farmers
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: passed after Supreme Court ruled forced crop limitation illegal. Reduced production to “conserve soil.”

29. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

30. HARRY HOPKINS
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the WPA.

31. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE Worked for WPA
Held highest position of any black woman in the New Deal
She was one of America’s leading spokespersons for African American concerns
Director of the Division of Negro Affairs

32. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Supported the New Deal by traveling around the country and visiting programs
Had her own newspaper column “My Day”
Had news conferences, but only female reporters allowed to attend
Was strongly opposed to Jim Crow laws in the South

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Accessed on November 9, 2001