New Deal

1
New Deal

• Relief, Recovery,
• and Reform

2
Relief

• It was aimed at providing help to the millions of
  workers and their families that were jobless and
  homeless

3
Relief

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-
• Hired young men to plant trees, build dams, and
  work on other conservation projects
• Lived in army-type camps
• Paid 30 a month and had to send 22 home

• Public Works Administration (PWA)-
• Created jobs by having people build highways,
  bridges, schools, hospitals, airports, and ships
  for the navy
• Gave about a half of million people jobs

4
Relief

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)-
• Employed almost 8 million men and women as
  artists, writers, musicians, and constructions
  workers
• Cleared slums, built power plants, performed free
  plays and concerts
• Largest and most controversial program
  -criticized for wasting tax payers money
  applauded for creating jobs and boosting morale

5
Recovery

• Aimed at helping the economy get back on its feet
  and focused on agriculture and industry

6
Recovery

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
• Tried to bring farm income up to WWI level
• Paid farmers to produce less cotton, corn, wheat,
  rice, milk, and fewer hogs
• Bought farm products to distribute to people for
  relief

• Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• Tried to relieve rural poverty
• Gave loans to sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and
  laborers to buy land, tools, and livestock
• Educated farmers on soil conservation, new crops,
  and farm management

7
Recovery

• National Recovery Administration (NRA)
• Regulated industry by creating strict codes for
  businesses on prices charged and amount of goods
  produced
• Raised wages-set
• Prohibited child labor

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Helped restore confidence in the banks by
  protected the money of depositors in insured
  banks
• Banks that were insured had to pass government
  inspections and follow government regulations

8
Reform

• Aimed at making changes in the way Americans
  worked and did business so as to prevent future
  depressions

9
Reform

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Set up to oversee the buying and selling of stocks

• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• Created to protect workers who wanted to organize
  unions
• Employees had right to collective bargain with
  employers for better wages and working conditions

10
Reform

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
• Brought electricity to rural areas

• 4. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Built dams and operated power plants to provide
  low-cost electricity to people in seven states

11
Reform

• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Created to provide retirement pay to older
  citizens or people unable to work

12
Georgias Response to the New Deal (Opposition)

• Governor Eugene Talmadge did not support many
  parts of the New Deal - called it a threat to
  Georgias way of life
• Opposed to minimum wage
• - Hurt small private businesses
• - Threaten white supremacy
• Vetoed social security retirement benefits
• Vetoed unemployment insurance

13
Georgias Response to the New Deal (Opposition)

1. Called President Roosevelt a Socialist
2. Planned to challenge Roosevelt for the Presidency
   in the 1946 election because term limits
   prevented him from running for governor again

14
Georgias Response to the New Deal (Support)

• Many Georgians welcomed the help the New Deal
  provided
• Roosevelt was special to many Georgians
• -He visited Warm Springs, Georgia for polio
  treatment
• - Established his Little White House in Warm
  Springs

15
Georgias Response to the New Deal (Support)

• 1936 elections Georgians choose
• Roosevelt for President
• Richard B. Russell for U.S. Senator
• Eurith D. (E.D.) Rivers for Governor
• Rivers supported
• the New Deal
• Healthcare and welfare programs for rural
  Georgians

16
Georgias Response to the New Deal (Support)

• Better education - 7 month school year and free
  textbooks for students
• State highway patrol
• Required drivers licenses
• First 4-lane highway