The New Deal. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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1 The New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt

2 New Deal Programs Georgia voters supported New Deal programs. Provided aid & support to many poor Georgians. Did not end the Great Depression, helped Georgians cope Civilian Conservation Corps Agricultural Adjustment Act Rural Electrification Social Security

3 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) The purpose: To hire unemployed young men to work on public service projects. These projects included erosion control flood prevention public parks. Men who volunteered: signed six month contracts Provided room and board. Received $30 a month ($25 had to be sent back to their families)

4 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) This was probably the most successful and popular. Over the nine years it was in existence over 3 million young men worked in the program planted millions of tree throughout the country However, once the U.S. entered World War II, these men changed out of their CCC uniforms and into military ones. In 1942 the CCC was disbanded. In Georgia Lasting Impact 78,000 Georgians were employed by the CCC Planted over 22 million trees Built or improved several state parks, which are still used today, including historic battle fields such as Chickamauga and Kennesaw Mountain, and forest parks such as A.H. Stephens and Hard Labor Creek.

5 Rural Electrification In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration was established Roosevelt had an interest in bringing electric to rural areas of the country: The Little White House in Warm Springs, GA Congress & State governors, such as Talmadge, fought against this program fearing it would lead to socialism, many farmers benefited from it. 25% increase in rural households that had electricity (reasonable price) Many farmers bought appliances that used electricity which helped stimulate the economy. Impact on GA: Because it was a rural state, inexpensive electricity benefited everyone

6 Two New Deal programs that had a lasting effect on Georgians. The AAA Social Security

7 Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) Federal government offered to pay farmers not to grow: Tobacco & Cotton Caused the price of agriculture products to rise Farmers made more money Eliminate surplus production. Policy did more harm than good for sharecroppers and tenant farmers. Payments made to landowner Payments not distributed to Sharecropper/Tenant Farmer The sharecropper/tenant farmer were removed b/c they could not work the land Led to urbanization & the end of sharecropping and tenant farming in the state.

8 Social Security Administration (SSA) Until 1935, those who were too old or unable to work were dependent on the charity of others. Offered benefits: People over 65 People who are disabled People who are the survivors of a beneficiary who has died. One of the longest running of the New Deal, and today most Georgians are connected to the SSA either through paying social security taxes or receiving social security benefits.

9 Assignment / Activity Create a graphic organizer explaining 4 of the new deal programs Explain how they helped GA and the United States. Use the following quotes and textual information in your foldable with the appropriate program. We will then discuss. to rescue farmers from the intolerable plight of the depression By: FDR will make it possible to bring electricity to many more thousands of farm homes which could not previously be served. By: FDR measure gives at least some protection to thirty millions of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old-age pensions By: FDR plans to put 500,000 young men to work in the nation s forests, parks, and range lands By: FDR

10 CCC Rural Electrification AAA Social Security Once opened you want to put the following on the inside of the tabs as shown (top of inside tab) Quote goes here Bottom of inside tab Description of New Deal Policy goes Here How it helped GA goes here New Deal Programs