THE NEW DEAL

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THE NEW DEAL
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Franklin D. Roosevelts Appeal

• In 1932 presidential election, FDR was perceived
  as a man of action.
• Even though Talmadge was against him, many
  Georgians liked FDR!

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The New Deal

• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) wanted
  to bring America out of the Great Depression
• The New Deal FDRs set of government plans and
  programs to improve Americas economy.
• http//www.history.com/videos/the-new-dealthe-new
  -deal ---2min

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Purposes of the New Deal

• Relief to provide jobs for the unemployed and
  to protect farmers from foreclosure
• Recovery to get the economy back into high gear,
  priming the pump
• Reform To regulate banks, to abolish child
  labor, and to conserve farm lands

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Rural Electrification (REA)

• Important and far reaching of the New Deal
  programs.
• Rural population too spread out-power lines were
  expensive to build and maintain
• President Roosevelt spent hot nights in Warm
  Springs, GA. His power bill for the little
  cottage was higher than his New York mansion.
• REA loaned over 300 million to farmers to help
  them extend their power lines.
• farmers got electric water pumps, lights, and
  milking machines.

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Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

• Provided 78,000 jobs to young men in GA
• Built dams, power plants, roads and miles of
  wiring, state parks
• 6 month contracts (30 per month, 25 must be
  sent home to families)

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Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Paid farmers not to plant crops on part of their
  land
• price supports-guaranteed higher prices-to
  farmers who cut back their cotton and tobacco
  crops.
• raise prices by cutting production
• Major drawback govt grants went to landowners
  and not sharecroppers.
• AAA was eventually declared unconstitutional by
  the U.S. Supreme Court because it was not
  voluntary.

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Social Security Act

• Passed in 1935 the Social Security Act provided
• - retirement benefits
• - unemployment insurance
• - welfare payments to the needy