NEW DEAL
PROGRAMS
Bank holiday
Stopped massive
withdrawals by
closing banks
temporarily
Kept banks in
business, helped
restore public trust
FDIC
Insured each
account in the bank
for up to $5000
Today, your
deposits in FDIC
insured banks are
protected up to
$100,000
Adds to people’s
confidence in banks
FERA
Federal Emergency
Relief Administration
$500 million in relief
to state and local
agencies; created jobs
and provided direct
relief to those who
needed it most
Government
recognizes a need to
provide direct relief in
times of disaster
FERA (New Deal)
FEMA (today…founded in 1979)
CCC—Civilian Conservation Corps
Provided jobs for
unemployed men, ages
18-25
They planted trees,
landscaped parks
Young men earned
$30/month they could
send home, did not
become criminals
We still enjoy what they
created
SEC
Regulates companies
that sell stocks and
bonds
Protects people from
insider trading and
other abuses in the
stock market system
NIRA—
National Industrial Recovery Act
Stabilized prices,
raised wages, limited
work hours, provided
jobs
Created the PWA and
NRA
Eventually led to the
idea of minimum
wages, maximum
hours
PWA
► Public Works
Administration
► Contracted with
private companies to
provide jobs
► Roads, public
buildings, and other
projects
Lincoln Park and Lake Shore Drive
NRA—National Recovery
Administration
Encouraged
businesses to draw up
“fair codes of
competition”
Helped set hours,
prices, wages
Guaranteed the right
of workers to organize
Not always successful
AAA—Agricultural Adjustment
Administration
Paid farmers to
reduce their output of
corn, cotton, and
other crops
Caused prices to rise
Government still
subsidizes farm
goods today
TVA—Tennessee Valley
Authority
Built a series of
new dams
Brought electricity
and flood control to
the region
Improved the
standard of living in
the area; still does
so today
WPA—Works Progress
Administration
Gave jobs to blue
collar and white
collar workers
Buildings,
bridges, roads
Murals, oral
histories, theater
Products are still
around today
NYA
National Youth
Administration
Provided high school
and college age
Americans with part-
time jobs so they
could stay in school
Social Security Act
Unemployment
insurance for workers
who lose their jobs
Pensions to retired
workers over age 65
Payments to people
with disabilities, the
elderly, wives and
children of male
workers who died
Wagner-Connery Act
Guarantees workers’
rights to organize
unions and bargain
collectively for better
wages and working
conditions
“Equality under the New Deal”
Segregation in jobs, lower wages, and lack of
access to model towns African-Americans
helped build during the New Deal
More than 100 African-Americans named to
posts in the government by FDR
Eleanor Roosevelt was a strong proponent of
Civil Rights
More tribal rule for Native Americans
Marian Anderson
Huey Long’s
“Share Our Wealth” Plan
Tax the rich highly so
that each poorer
family can receive a
minimum of $5000
Good idea or not?
Did Roosevelt go too far
with the New Deal?