A “New Deal” for America “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American People.” -FDR 1932 A Nation on the road to recovery… Created by Stacy Van Zummeren 2005 For www.bringinghistoryhome.org
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A “New Deal” for America
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American People.”
-FDR 1932
A Nation on the road to recovery…
Created by Stacy Van Zummeren 2005For www.bringinghistoryhome.org
The First Hundred
Days
March 5, 1933 - June 16, 1933
“Alphabet Soup”
NYA
AAA
CCC
PWA
FCAFCIC
FCCFERA
REA
FHA
HOLC
USHA
F E R A Federal
AdministrationRelief
Emergency
Provided peoplewith the things they needed to survive…
clothing
food
money
CivilianConservation
Corps
Took needy young men off the streets and put them to work in forests and national parks
Many of these are still in use today - look for the CCC signs!
-carved out roads and hiking trails-cleaned up beaches-cleared camping areas
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 AdministrationProvided jobs for 2 million workers
Slum clearance
Flood control
Rural electrification
Construction of school and hospital buildings
Federal Art Project
painters
sculptors
photographers
performers
writers
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
AgriculturalAdjustmentAssociation
National Recovery
Act
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
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