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Second New Deal: Farmers

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

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Second New Deal: Farmers

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

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

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

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

  5. Second New Deal: Youth • National Youth Administration (NYA) • Created jobs for young people • 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. 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.

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

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

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