Civil Conservation Corps:CCC—Recovery

• Purpose:

• Civilian conservation corps was a government releif program that offered to recruit young men who were not married to get a job.

  • It allowed men to improve America’s public lands, forests and parks

  • Many men finished their educationn while doing their jobs

    • education was a bonus during the job

  • The men made 30 dollars a mont

    • 5 dollars were for themselves

    • 25 dollars were for their families

• Legacy:

• It was one of the most successful programs which was apart of FDR’s new deal

• Provided:

  • work

  • meals

  • shelter

  • clothes

  • monthly wage(for millions of unemployed men)

• CCC improved the lives of many men

• Ended on June 30,1942

• Founder of the CCC was Frankin Delanor Roosevelt in 1931 of march

• The ending of CCC decreased the maintanence of national parks

• Projects stopped during WWII were not stopped till 1950’s-1960’s

Public Works Administration: PWA—Recovery

• Purpose:

  • It was created to reduce uneployment and build highways and public highways

  • 4 billion dollars were spent for this cause and bulding public schools and bridges

• Legacy:

  • The PWA was not successful

    • This is because housing was not affordable

    • It was not good quality

  • Many of the bulldings built are still used today

Federal Emergency Relief Administration:FERA—Releif

• Purpose:

• FERA was an economic aid for the people after the destruction that was caused

• After the great deppression, lots of peolple did not have money

  • President Hoover planned to burn others belongings

  • They also attacked people with tear gas which resulted in many people including children getting hurt and injured

  • Law makers saw this news and knew they needed to take action

    • This changed things for many families

  • They created the FERA act and employed many people so they can make income for their families

• Legacy:

• They gave away almost 1-3 milion dollars

• Mnay fmailies were lleading a stable life

• Today, there are homeless shelters which provide people with food and is resulted by the impact the Great Depperssion left on us

• FERA closed on december 1935

Security Exchange Comission:SEC

• Purpose:

  • Exchange commisiion or the SEC is an agency which protects investmentjs and the econy of America

  • Founded in 1934 during the Great Depperssion— been in use ever since

  • SEC oversees over 100 trillion dollars of securites and trading

  • SEC creates jobs and opportunities

  • Provides resources in trading

• Legacy:

  • The SEC was successful and accomplised its purpose of improving the conditions of the stock market

  • Restored the national confidence in capitialism

  • The SEC is still intact and inplace today

  • Continues in its original mission of protecting investors in regulation

National Industrial Recovery Act:NRA

• Purpose:

  • The Goa;ll was to recover the economic damage from the war

  • Aimed to fix problems such as:

    • unemployment

    • Unstable business conditions

  • NRA did not success in the end

• Legacy

• Success and Impact:

  • The national industrial recovery act had a create impact

  • Has a smaller impact today as it was unconstitutional.

Social Security Act:SSA

• Purpose

  • The Social Security Act of 1935 was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • The act's main purpose was to provide financial security for individuals, especially in their old age.

  • provide assistance on the basis of need for persons over 65 years of age, dependent children and the needy blind.

• Legacy:

  • The Social Security Act established two types of provisions for old-age security:

  • (1) Federal aid to the States to enable them to provide cash pensions to their needy aged, and

  • (2) a system of Federal old-age benefits for retired workers.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:FDIC

• Purpose:

  • Protect deposits

  • examine financial institutions

  • This is all for safety and consumer Protection

  • Created to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation’s fiance institutions

• Legacy:

  • Successful and worked well

  • No one lost money because of insured funds

• FDIC is still intact today

  Civil Works Administration:CWA—Relief

• Purpose:

  • Provided many people jobs

  • meant to counteract the impact of the great depression

• opening up new infrastructure development jobs

  Legacy

  • A massive number of infrastructure projects were completed during the CWA's brief existence.

  • CWA programs created or improved 255,000 miles (410,000 km) of road,

  • 2,000 miles of leaves,

  • 1,000 miles of new water mains,

  • 40,000 schools, 3,700 playgrounds,

  • and 1,000 airports.

FDR’s 3 R’s:

• relief— the government would provide direct help(short term jobs)

• recovery—the government will provide jobs(longer term jobs)

• reform—regulate rules for businesses