Helping victims of the
depression and trying to get
the economy going again
Reform and Regulation
Alphabet Agencies
Banking
Act 1933
Beer-Wine
Revenue
Act 1933
Economy
Act 1933
Emergency
Railroad
Transportation
Act 1934
NRA 1933
SEC 1934
SUCCESSES
Taking the USA
off the Gold
Standard was
mostly benificial.
The financial
markets became
much more
stable.
Many public
work
schemes
provided
much-needed
employment
rather than
just giving
relief
payments.
CWA
provided
temporary
employment
for 4 million
workers
who built
sewers,
roads and
airports.
Changed the
national mood
from
hopelessness to
optimism.
FAILURES
AAA
Wheat
production did
fall but not due
to federal
policies.
Made problems
worse for
sharecroppers by
reducing the
amount of land
used to grow
cotton.
Little direct
action to help
African-American
poor.
OPPOSITION TO
THE FIRST NEW
DEAL
Lessened the
impact of the
depression for
many but brought
no real recovery
in industry or
agriculture.
Unemployment
rates were still
high. The drought
lead to the dust
bowl on the Great
Plains.