New Deal Programs
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2NEW DEAL PROGRAMS
Directions: Franklin Roosevelt believed the federal government should take an actvie role in solving the problems of the Great Depression. He pledged to the American people a
New Deal. This New Deal would be the broad title for what would be dozens of government programs & policies designed to end the immediate suffering (relief) , solve the
economic crisis (recovery) , and prevent future economic disasters (reform) . Listed below are a few of the more popular programs which made up the New Deal. Throughly
complete the chart below with information from the following sources: (R) Red Textbook (O) Orange Textbook
Program
Purpose or Reason for It
What it did & How it Worked
Who did it Help?
(Write out the full name)
(What problem was it aimed at?)
(What were the provisions?)
(Target Group)
~ Bank runs caused 11,000+ banks to fail by 1933; even
~ Closed all banks for 4 days & required that a federal audit
~ Banks/Consumers
Bank Holiday
healthy banks. The public had lost faith/confidence in
of each bank's books to verify if they were sound. (4 our of
(Emergency Banking Act)
banks.
5 were OK)
March 9-12, 1933
~ FDR announced during 1st fireside chat that only good,
sound banks would be reopening March 13. ($1 billion was
redeposited & confidence was restored)
(R) 696 (O) 603
Glass-Steagall Act
(FDIC)
(R) 697 (O) 604
CCC
(R) 697 (O) 604
TVA
(R) 697 (O) 604
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