1. New Deal Programs
A.A.A
T.V.A
C.C.C
N.I.R.A – N.R.A.
Deficit Spending

2. New Deal Goal #2 Relief for the needy
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
Raise prices by lowering production
Paid farmers to NOT use all of their land
Some crops were already growing
Paid farmers $200 million to plow under 10 million acres of cotton
Slaughter 6 million pigs
This program hurt sharecroppers because they did not own their own land

3. AAA cont. Succeeded in raising gross income by 50%
Reduced farm debts by $1 billion

4. CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
Men worked on building new roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping with soil erosion and flood control projects
Earned $30/month
$25 was sent directly home
3 million workers from

5. T.V.A Tennessee Valley Authority
Plan to transform the Tennessee Valley
Development of power by using dams
Needed to help with flood & erosion control
Develop agriculture in that area as well

6. NIRA - NRA National Industrial Recovery Act
June 1933
Provided $$ for states to create jobs for creating new schools and other public buildings
Provided $$ to pay for new teachers
Built more than ½ million miles of roads
Created an employment program

7. NRA National Recovery Administration Part of the NIRA
Set prices and standards
Stopped wage cutting, falling prices, and layoffs
Gov’t took control of businesses
Business and labor agreed on a code of fair working practices
Allowed for organization of workers
Blue eagle was the symbol of the NRA

8. Deficit Spending
Spending more money than the gov’t received in revenues
Did not end the Depression
Caused more problems in some cases