The New Deal

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The New Deals Alphabet Soup

• On each slide where will be an acronym. Be the
  first team to name what it stands for and the
  purpose of each group and get 1 point for your
  team.

2
Hoover

• President during the Great Depression. He
  believed that the economy would bounce back on
  its own and that there was no need for the
  government to interfere.
• He gets blamed for many of the problems of the
  Great Depression.

3
FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

• President during the Great Depression that
  started the New Deal.
• He thought that the Government was responsible
  for helping the people get out of the economic
  depression.
• He suffered from polio and was always in a
  wheelchair, he was also president during Pearl
  Harbor. Considered one of our best presidents.

4
New Deal

• President Roosevelts plan to give the American
  public a New Deal by implementing programs that
  would help the country get back on its feet.
• Many of these programs such as FDIC, SEC and SSA
  are still active today are are suppose to prevent
  the GD from happening again.

5
Fireside Chats

• Radio programs broadcast by FDR to encourage the
  American public and make them feel better.
• Restored Americans faith in the economy and
  convinced them to reinvest.

6
FERA

• Federal Emergency Relief Act
• Helped states to provide aid for the unemployed.

7
EBRA

• Emergency Banking Relief Act
• Regulated bank transactions in credit, currency,
  gold and silver, and foreign exchange.

8
FDIC

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Protected bank deposits up to 5,000. Today most
  accounts are protected up to 100,000

9
SEC

• Security and Exchange Commission
• They regulate the stock market and prevent people
  with inside information from rigging the market
  by causing prices to go up or down.

10
CCC

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Provided jobs for single males on conservation
  projects

11
SSA

• Social Security Act
• Provided assistance and pension for retired
  workers and their spouses and aided people with
  disabilities.

12
WPA

• Works Progress Administration
• Quickly created as many jobs as possible from
  construction projects to symphony orchestras.

13
PWA

• Public Works Administration
• Created jobs on government projects that
  increased worker buying power and stimulated the
  economy.

14
NYA

• National Youth Administration
• Created to help young people by providing
  training for youth and part-time jobs for needy
  students.

15
FHA

• Federal Housing Administration
• Insured loans for building and repairing homes.

16
National Labor Relations Act

• Defined unfair labor practices and established
  a National Relations Labor Board (NLRB) to settle
  disputes between employers and employees.

17
NIRA

• National Industrial Recovery Act
• Set codes for fair practice for individual
  industries and to promote industrial growth.