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New Deal ProgramsAlphabet Soup Photo Collage
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Alphabet Soup Programs

• Roosevelt adopted many programs to try to
  mitigate the effects of the Great Depression
• Other programs were developed to bring the
  country out of the depression and to prevent
  major depressions in the future
• Many of these programs went by acronyms
• There were so many different programs and
  acronyms, some called them alphabet soup

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CCC- Civilian Conservation Corp

• Established in March 1933
• Mainly dealt with maintaining and developing
  public lands
• Many young men were sent to all parts of the
  United States to work on construction projects
• Many parks, roads, and recreational areas were
  built or expanded by the CCC

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CCC Swimming Pools
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PWA- Public Works Administration

• Established in June 1933
• Goal was to move the unemployed off relief
  (unemployment) and back to work
• Created jobs by using government money to fund
  large projects like building dams, airports,
  hospitals, schools, navy ships, etc. to benefit
  the public
• Much of the work of the PWA is still in use today

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PWA Housing
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FSA- Farm Security Administration

• Started as the Resettlement Administration in
  April 1935, became the FSA (part of the
  Department of Agriculture in 1937
• Developed to help poor farm families
• Many activities including loans to small farmers,
  job training, and building shelters and camps for
  migrants moving around the country looking for
  work or a new start

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FSA Row Shelters
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WPA- Works Progress Administration

• Established in May 1935
• Similar to the PWA in trying to use government
  money to fund jobs to reduce unemployment while
  creating useful public works
• Did smaller building projects at the local level,
  also supported artists, writers, and other
  cultural activities
• WPA murals can still be found in many U.S. Post
  Offices today

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WPA Workers Line Up
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Assignment

• Design a collage of pictures showing the work of
  different New Deal Alphabet Soup programs
• You need a minimum of 4 pictures from 4 different
  programs (you can only use one New Deal prgram
  from this powerpoint)
• Pictures can be drawn or printed
• Each picture must be identified on the back- what
  is the picture about and what Alphabet Soup
  program is being represented