New Deal

What was the Agricultural Adjustment act, 1933? Successes and failures?

It provided financial aid to farmers who agreed to limit their production of certain crops, thereby promoting more efficient farming practices.

• farm income rose by 58% between 1931 and 1935

• However, it faced criticism for displacing sharecroppers and not benefiting all farmers equally.

Farm Credit act, 1933?

• provided farmers with low incomes with loans to keep their homes and land

Tennessee Valley authority? Successes and failures?

• regenerate an impoverished area with hydroelectricity production, flood country and education

• by 1936 nine dams were built or under construction with more planned

• provided jobs

• provided cheap electricity

• unanticipated environmental impact

National Industrial Recovery Act & National recovery administration, 1933? Failures and successes?

• reduce competition by the implementation of set wages and prices to stabilise business

• ban on children working under 16

• continued until it was declared unconstitutional in 1935

Public Works Administration, 1933? Successes and Failures?

• created jobs

• provided 4.2 million people with proper paid work

• relief ended as Roosevelt feared that people would grow too reliant on the government

Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933? Successes and Failures?

• provided paid work for young men

• employed over 3 million young men

• focused on environmental conservation projects, such as reforestation and park development

• helped instill a work ethic and contributed to infrastructure improvement

Wagner Act, 1935? Successes and Failures?

• strengthen power of labour unions by allowing collective bargaining

• created peaceful way to settle labour disputes

• made it illegal to sack workers for being in a union

• Didn’t cover agriculture or domestic workers, AAs

WPA, 1935? Successes and Failures?

• Works Progress Administration, created to provide jobs through public works projects. - Employed millions and contributed to infrastructure, arts, and community improvement while facing criticism for focus on artistic projects.

Social Security Act? Successes and failures?

• guaranteed retirement payments if over 65

• sets up federal insurance for the unemployed and provides additional support for the disabled, women and children

• success that still exists today

• did not apply to occupations like farmers and domestic servants

• Roosevelts wanted benefits to be earned

• Everyone paid the same rate, despite income

FSA, 1937? Successes and failures?

• Farm security administration

• aimed to combat rural poverty

• provided loans and training for many impoverished rural families

• excluded many sharecroppers

FLSA, 1938? Successes and failures?

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• Established minimum wage, overtime pay, and youth employment regulations

• opposed by southern conservatives

NHA, 1938? Successes and failures?

• National Housing Authority

• Aimed to meet needs for slum clarance and the building of public housing

• congress allocated $500mn

• encouraged home building

• discriminatory against AAs

• promoted suburban over inner-city housing

What was the black cabinet?

A group of African American advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who helped advocate for the interests of black Americans during the New Deal era.