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New Deal Programs

New Deal Programs. US History Government. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). Enacted in the year 1933 Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion . Civil Works Administration (CWA).

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New Deal Programs

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  1. New Deal Programs US History Government

  2. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion

  3. Civil Works Administration (CWA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934.

  4. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. • Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families.

  5. Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers

  6. Glass-Steagall Act (FDIC) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures. • Now Insures deposit up to $100,000

  7. National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Created the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers.

  8. National Youth Administration (NYA) • Enacted in the year 1935 • Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.

  9. Public Works Administration (PWA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects.

  10. Rural Electrification Administration(REA) • Enacted in the year 1935 • Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. • Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified.

  11. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) • Enacted in the year 1934 • Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying.

  12. Social Security Act • Enacted in the year 1935 • Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.

  13. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) • Enacted in the year 1933 • Federal government built a series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. First public competition with private power industries

  14. Wagner Act (NLRB) • Enacted in the year 1935 • Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management.

  15. Works Progress Administration (WPA) • Enacted in the year 1935 • Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects.

  16. New Deal Programs Declared Unconstitutional • In 1935-36, the Court struck down eight of FDR's New Deal programs • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) • National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA) • Roosevelt replaced the programs with new programs and/or merged their duties into other programs • By 1937 no new programs were being introduced • Most programs were ended or repealed with the onset of WWII

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