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1st New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corps
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. Recover effort. Not only did it provide so many jobs to American men, but also helped the enviornment! -
1st New Deal: Agricultural Adjustment Act
Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. Reform Effort. Because Farmers usually had it the hardest during the Great Depression and getting them off the ground (I think) is key to helping everyone. -
1st New Deal: Federal Emergency Relief Act
(Not sure about eact DAY) Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers. Relief effort. Kind of a controversial move, not sure if it helped or harmed more during this time. was it a good idea or not? -
1st New Deal: National Industrial Recovery Act
Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers. Reform Effort. This was a brilliant way to satiate workers and help the relationship between laborers and business itself. -
1st New Deal: Civil Works Administration
Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934. Relief effort. Again, jobs at this time were much needed for EVERYONE.buisnesses and the average civilian. -
2nd New Deal: Works Progress Administration
Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects. Recover effort. Provided jobs on a large scale, all different kinds of jobs. -
2nd New Deal: National Youth Administration
Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students. Recover effort. Jobs are very import during this time, especially at the age they provided them too. -
2nd New Deal: Wagner Act
Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management. Reform efforts. Important because I believe it was impending on workers rights. -
2nd New Deal: Social Security Act
Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children. Relief effort. Helped the people who were literally helpless, gave relief to many Americans. -
2nd New Deal: Housing Act of 1937
provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHAs) to improve living conditions for low-income families. Relief effort. Government helping out the poor using other helpful organizations.
