Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
alphabet agencies (relief (examples (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)…
alphabet agencies
relief
aims
provide food for the starving
avoid more people losing their farms/houses
ending extreme poverty
targeted audience
farmers
extremely poor
examples
Farmers Credit Administration (FCA)
gave loans to
1/5th
of all farmers so that they could pay their rent/morgage
Agriculture Adjustment Agency (AAA)
aim
increase prices in agriculture
between 1933 and 1939 farmers' wages
doubled
the government bought and killed
6 million piglets
in 1933, and
9/10ths
of the meat was destroyed
the government paid cotton farmers to plough up
10 million acres
that had already been planted
disadvantages
many farmers were replaced by machinery bought with the money the government had given
some of the tenants & sharecroppers were evicted
they had nothing to sell so they had no income to pay their rent
there was no work to do
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
was given
$500 million
build more
soup kitchens
provide clothing
provide
education
increase
employment
home owners loan corporation (HOLC)
loaned over
a million people
money to pay their rent/mortgage and prevent them from losing their homes
affected
extremely poor
people
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
affected
seven states
33 dams
were built to control the Tennessee river
affected
farmers
before the TVA, no farming could be done
soil erosion
flooding
2 million
Americans were affected
thousands
of jobs were created
affected agriculture
and
industry
disadvantages
interfered with the free market in america
those who agreed with the republicans' form of government believed the TVA was an act of excess government intervention
the government is doing what the enterprises should do, so it could be accused of creating dependency
reform
aim
making life easier for americans
through government intervention
opposite to republican presidents' policies
targeted audience
unemployed
minorities
disabled
old
sick
examples
PWA
FERA
NRA
recovery
aim
improving the economy
increase employment
targeted audience
industry
businesses
banks
workers
examples
civilian corps conservation (CCC)
gave jobs to
single men under 25
between 1933 and 1942 nearly 3 million men participated
wages: $1 a day
gave men a sense of purpose
disadvantages
was considered to be cheap labour
excluded other people who needed jobs (men of other ages; married men; women)
civilian works administration (CWA)
aim: create jobs
4 million in 1 winter (1933-1934)
gave people a sense of purpose
national recovery administration (NRA)
aims
increase workers' wages
improve working conditions
less working hours
increase prices of factory goods
no child labour
allow trade unions
strike-breaking practices were forbidden
TVA
public works administration (PWA)
built long lasting infrastructure
70% of american schools
35% of america's hospitals
invested over $7 billion
employed many people