New+Deal+Programs

=**"Give a man a dole and you save his body and destroy his spirit.**= =**Give him a job and you save both body and spirit"**= =**-Harry Hopkins (headed the WPA)**= =//**"Dole" is another word for welfare or charity**//= CCC- Civilian Conservation Corpsmedia type="custom" key="12137076"
 * What were the 3 goals of the New Deal? //Relief (for the unemployed), Recovery (for the economy), Reform (to prevent another depression)//**
 * The first New Deal Program
 * Hired single, unemployed men between 18-25 to do forestry work, build parks, work on flood and forest fire control

Local PWA sign (not to be confused with the WPA which hired more unskilled workers) photo credit: Dr. Rittenhouse WPA- Works Progress Administration NRA- National Recovery Administration AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Act TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority
 * Hired people to build hospitals, schools, parks, playgrounds etc.
 * Hired artists to beautify and entertain as well as bring up the morale of the public Go here for some examples of [|WPA Art]
 * "Slave Narratives" and Dorothea Lange and the FSA came under this
 * Designed to enforce new codes and standards written by various industries on things like production, wages, prices, working conditions, etc.
 * "The Blue Eagle"
 * Government regulated farm prices, the amount of crops being grown, etc all in an effort to regulate the farming industry
 * Government focused on regulating this very poor area of the country through flood control, building a dam for electricity production, etc.

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Here is an exhibit on the history of the FDIC which was created to help the American public have confidence in their bank once again! media type="custom" key="12140500" **The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]** An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.

A graph showing the basic problem facing Social Security now.