1. b. Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Fontana Dam, NC-built by the TVA: Note the electrical grid in front of the dam.

2. The New Deal
The New Deal was a group of programs and legislation started by President Roosevelt to bring an end to the Great Depression

3. Civilian Conservation Corps
Know as the CCC, it employed young men who worked to preserve natural resources: they planted trees, constructed state and national parks, and built rural roadways
The rehabilitation of Fort Pulaski in Savannah was a CCC project in the 1930’s

4. Works Progress Administration
Known as the WPA, it was the largest New Deal Program. It hired million of unemployed Americans who were used to build buildings and roads. They also hired artists, musicians, actors to perform and paint across the country.

5. Tennessee Valley Authority
Known as the TVA, it constructed a network of dams and power plants to bring electricity to the rural South
By providing electricity, the TVA also then created more jobs, because now consumers purchased things that ran on electricity, like refrigerators, stoves, lightbulbs, etc.., which then created job growth in other areas.

6. Questions?????
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President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the most important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs?
to strengthen the economy
B. to end racial discrimination
C. to avoid going to war
D. to improve public education
Name three important program of the New Deal and what they did?