Alphabet Soup: New Deal Programs
New Deal Programs
Once Roosevelt took office he took immediate action to try to help all who were struggling to get through the Great Depression. One was the Civil Conservation Corps or CCC was meant to “address the pressing problem of unemployment…” (The New Deal). The CCC “put 2.5 million unmarried men to work maintaining and restoring forests beaches, and parks… taught men and women of America how to live independently…increasing their self-esteem”(New Deal Achievements). The CCC were the first steps to get those that were unemployed back on their feet, “the CCC was run in a semi-military style and enrolled jobless young men in work camps across the country for about $30 per month” (Hardman). This helps many of those men to make a living and have a somewhat new start. Another is the AAA or the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the AAA was meant to provide farmers with some relief. “In order to help people keep their houses…The AAA tried to raise farm prices” (New Deal Achievements). The AAA would only help farmers that would grow certain things. According to ushistory.org that was wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, hogs, and milk. “Farmer who produced these goods would be paid by the AAA to reduce the amount of acres in cultivation or the amount of Livestock raised …were paid to farm less!” (ushistory.org). “Farmers killed off certain animals and crops as…told…by the AAA…Many could not believe that the federal government was condoning such an action when many…were starving” (New Deal Achievements). Since the AAA was basically telling the farmers that they should waste food that could have been used to feed those who needed it. So as a result the AAA was ended in 1939 by the Supreme Court because they along with others thought that the AAA was unconstitutional (ushistory.com). The Works Progress Administration was “Roosevelt’s major wok relief program would employ more than 8.5million people to build bridges, roads, public buildings, parks and airports” (The New Deal). The WPA “was an attempt to provide work rather than welfare” (Hardman). So what WPA’s goal was to ensure that people worked for their rewards and not just have them handed to them for doing nothing. With the Works Progress Administration it helped to decrease unemployment (New Deal Achievements). NIRA or The National Industrial Recovery Act, this act was “designed to address unemployment by regulating the number of hours worked per week and banning child labor” (The New Deal). In the 1930s industrial prices were going down so the NIRA was created “to boost the declining prices, helping businesses and workers…allowed trade associations in many industries to write codes regulating wages, working conditions, production and prices…set a minimum wage” (New Deal Achievements). It did bring some benefits to the workers but didn’t really do much for the economy instead slowed it and a few industries used “loopholes to violate minimum wage and child labor obligations” (ushistory.org). It goes on to say that in 1936 the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional. The first thing that Roosevelt did was “shut down all of the banks in the nation and congress passed the Emergency Banking Act which gave the government the opportunity to inspect the health of all banks” (New Deal Achievements). Did this to save what was left of the banks and to put people more at ease. “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured savings-bank deposits up to $5,000 and severe regulations were imposed upon the sale of securities on the stock exchange” (Hardman). With this act Americans started to trust the banks and didn’t feel that their savings would be in danger if they left it in the bank. With the inspection people gained a peace of mind and were soon depositing their savings back to the banks to the point it surpassed the amount of withdrawals (New Deal Achievements).
Once Roosevelt took office he took immediate action to try to help all who were struggling to get through the Great Depression. One was the Civil Conservation Corps or CCC was meant to “address the pressing problem of unemployment…” (The New Deal). The CCC “put 2.5 million unmarried men to work maintaining and restoring forests beaches, and parks… taught men and women of America how to live independently…increasing their self-esteem”(New Deal Achievements). The CCC were the first steps to get those that were unemployed back on their feet, “the CCC was run in a semi-military style and enrolled jobless young men in work camps across the country for about $30 per month” (Hardman). This helps many of those men to make a living and have a somewhat new start. Another is the AAA or the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the AAA was meant to provide farmers with some relief. “In order to help people keep their houses…The AAA tried to raise farm prices” (New Deal Achievements). The AAA would only help farmers that would grow certain things. According to ushistory.org that was wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, hogs, and milk. “Farmer who produced these goods would be paid by the AAA to reduce the amount of acres in cultivation or the amount of Livestock raised …were paid to farm less!” (ushistory.org). “Farmers killed off certain animals and crops as…told…by the AAA…Many could not believe that the federal government was condoning such an action when many…were starving” (New Deal Achievements). Since the AAA was basically telling the farmers that they should waste food that could have been used to feed those who needed it. So as a result the AAA was ended in 1939 by the Supreme Court because they along with others thought that the AAA was unconstitutional (ushistory.com). The Works Progress Administration was “Roosevelt’s major wok relief program would employ more than 8.5million people to build bridges, roads, public buildings, parks and airports” (The New Deal). The WPA “was an attempt to provide work rather than welfare” (Hardman). So what WPA’s goal was to ensure that people worked for their rewards and not just have them handed to them for doing nothing. With the Works Progress Administration it helped to decrease unemployment (New Deal Achievements). NIRA or The National Industrial Recovery Act, this act was “designed to address unemployment by regulating the number of hours worked per week and banning child labor” (The New Deal). In the 1930s industrial prices were going down so the NIRA was created “to boost the declining prices, helping businesses and workers…allowed trade associations in many industries to write codes regulating wages, working conditions, production and prices…set a minimum wage” (New Deal Achievements). It did bring some benefits to the workers but didn’t really do much for the economy instead slowed it and a few industries used “loopholes to violate minimum wage and child labor obligations” (ushistory.org). It goes on to say that in 1936 the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional. The first thing that Roosevelt did was “shut down all of the banks in the nation and congress passed the Emergency Banking Act which gave the government the opportunity to inspect the health of all banks” (New Deal Achievements). Did this to save what was left of the banks and to put people more at ease. “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured savings-bank deposits up to $5,000 and severe regulations were imposed upon the sale of securities on the stock exchange” (Hardman). With this act Americans started to trust the banks and didn’t feel that their savings would be in danger if they left it in the bank. With the inspection people gained a peace of mind and were soon depositing their savings back to the banks to the point it surpassed the amount of withdrawals (New Deal Achievements).