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New Deal Programs - Coggle Diagram
New Deal Programs
NRA
If you volunteer the government will come in and run your business for you. They’ll tell you how much to produce. People said yes because if they did they would get a government sticker (blue eagle design) outside their store.
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FERA
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Harry Hopkins was is the one who handed it out. Hands out 5 billion in first year. Hopkins doesn’t have a proper office and he’s just handing out huge checks to officials who gave it to their district. A surprisingly small amount of corruption during these new deal programs.
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PWA
4 million men build public buildings, infrastructure
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CCC
employed young men, to do outdoor conservation work mainly forestry, plus dams
men had to send $25/$30 back to their families
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WPA
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Did small construction, conservation, especially the arts (the government employs artists to create movies, write things, or teach people to read, etcetera)
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AAA
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Soil conservation & restoration, paid farmers to not plant and kill some cows to help stop overproduction, this had the greatest impact on tenant farmers because they couldn't afford to pay rent. In 1938 the government gives loans to tenant farmers so they could afford rent and also more environmental projects were started to continue to restore the environment
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TVA
Dams especially for electricity, also controls flooding??
According to Xydes we really love dams but also some are being exploded bc it interrupts fish migration
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FDIC
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Created by the U.S. Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation's financial system
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Social Security
Idea originated from Doctor Townsend: He had 10 mil signatures on petitions for pensions (Initiative)
Pensions for retired people, taken from my paycheck