1. A New Deal Fights the Depression & The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Chapter 23 Sections 1 & 2

2. Intro to FDR and alphabet soup

3. Business Assistance and Reform
Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)- authorized the Treasury Department to inspect and close banks; to restore public confidence in banks
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of Established the FDIC; to restore public confidence in banks. Insured money in banks.
Federal Securities Act- required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings; to restore public confidence in the stock market
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)- to set prices and establish labor standards; to ensure fair business practices and to promote industrial growth

4. Farm Relief/Rural Development
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)- Paid farmers to lower production which would raise crop prices (and thus, raise farm income)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)- Built and repaired dams and other projects in the Tennessee Valley; to create prosperity in the impoverished Tennessee valley Region.

5. Employment Projects
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)- Put young men (18-25) to work on road-building and conservation projects, such planting trees & flood control.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)- 500 million dollars given to provided direct relief for the needy. Provided basic needs for people hit hardest by the Depression
Photograph from The Emergency Work Relief Program of the F.E.R.A. (Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1935) . A Production Garden similar to the one shown in Bellingham, Mass. helped to provide Queens families with much needed food during the depression.
Minnesotans working with the Civilian Conservation Corps. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society)
A Civilian Conservation Corps team at a CCC camp in Lewiston, Minn. in 1933.

6. Employment Projects
Public Works Administration (PWA)- Provided money to states to create jobs; To reduce unemployment. Built 40,000 schools.
Civil Works Administration (CWA)- Provided 4 million immediate jobs; to reduce unemployment
Coos Bay Bridge (Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge), North Bend, Oregon.
At 5,305 feet in length, the Coos Bay Bridge is the longest of the five Public Works Administration bridges built along the Oregon Coastal Highway during the Great Depression

7. Housing
Home Owners Loan Corporation(HOLC)-Provided government loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure; to help families keep their homes.

8. Alphabet agencies: lets review with a video clip

9. The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Ch 23 Section 2

10. Group 1. farmers, migrant workers, and others living in rural areas
Problems:
soil depletion
Inability to buy land
Squalid housing
Dust storms
Debt, bank foreclosures
Lack of electricity
Laws/Agencies:
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Resettlement Administration
Farm Security Administration
Farm Mortgage Moratorium
Rural Electrification Administration
Public Utilities Holding Company Act

11. Group 2. students and other young people
Problems:
Unemployment
Poverty
Hopelessness
Loss of dignity
Lack of spending money
Laws/Agencies:
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration

12. Group 3. teachers, writers, artists, and other professionals
Problems:
Unemployment
Poverty
Hopelessness
Loss of dignity
Laws/Agencies:
Works Progress Administration

13. Group 4. all workers, including the unemployed
Problems:
Unemployment
Poverty
Hopelessness
Loss of dignity
Laws/Agencies:
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
National Labor Relations Board
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act : one important part of this act regulates child labor.

14. Group 5. retired workers Problems: Laws/Agencies: Poverty Hopelessness
Loss of dignity
Laws/Agencies:
Social Security Act

15. Group 6. The Disabled, the needy elderly, and dependent mothers and children
Problems:
Poverty
Hopelessness
Loss of dignity
Laws/Agencies:
Social Security Act

16. Social Security Act : Video Clip