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A “New Deal” for America. A Nation on the road to recovery…. “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American People.” -FDR 1932. Created by Stacy Van Zummeren 2005 For www.bringinghistoryhome.org. The First Hundred Days. March 5, 1933 - June 16, 1933. Emergency
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A “New Deal” for America A Nation on the road to recovery… “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American People.” -FDR 1932 Created by Stacy Van Zummeren 2005 For www.bringinghistoryhome.org
The First Hundred Days March 5, 1933 - June 16, 1933
Emergency Banking Act
FHA NYA FCA USHA FCIC “Alphabet Soup” FERA FCC CCC AAA REA PWA HOLC
F E R A Emergency Relief Administration Federal
Provided people with the things they needed to survive… food clothing money
CCC Civilian Conservation Corps Took needy young men off the streets and put them to work in forests and national parks -carved out roads and hiking trails -cleaned up beaches -cleared camping areas Many of these are still in use today - look for the CCC signs!
CCC was also responsible for helping to end the horrible conditions of the Dust Bowl by planting over 2 million trees in a wide belt from Texas up to the Dakotas. These trees helped keep the topsoil in place.
WPA Works Progress Administration Provided jobs for 2 million workers
Slum clearance Construction of school and hospital buildings Flood control Rural electrification
Federal Art Project photographers writers painters performers sculptors
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Created in 1933 to ease economic hardship in the Tennessee River Valley (Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia) • Taught better farming methods • Replanted trees • Built dams
AAA Agricultural Adjustment Association
NRA National Recovery Act
HOLC Home Owners Loan Corporation
Did it all work? What happened next?
Resources Turck, Mary C. The Dirty Thirties. Logan: Perfection Learning Corporation, 2002. “New Deal.” World Book Encyclopedia. 14th volume. 1976. http:schools.clipart.com http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/t/3/t3b/courses/cas500fall2004/cas500fall2004syllabus.htm www.joric.com/ Conspiracy/flag-us-3.jpg www.americaslibrary.gov/ es/tn/es_tn_tva_1_e.html http://www.fruitfromwashington.com/Varieties/art/images/wpa_artexhibit.jpg www.theroadwanderer.net/ 66Oklahoma/route66OK.htm www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/tes/ www.vtstateparks.com/htm/ccc