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    The 3 R’s that the New Deal focused on:

    ★ Relief: help for the unemployed and the poor


    ★ Recovery of the economy
    ★ Reform of the financial system to prevent depression

    1. Relief agencies
    ■ Soup kitchens: government provided the Federal
    Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) with money to feed
    people
    ■ Job creation: The Civil Works Administration (CWA)
    created jobs with low wages. CWA workers repaired roads
    and schools. The CWA also employed teachers to teach adult
    literacy. It hired unemployed writers, photographers,
    painters and performers to raise the morale of America’s
    people.

    2. Recovery agencies
    ● ·Agriculture: Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment
    Act (AAA). The intention was to stop overproduction and
    help farmers who suffered. The government paid farmers to
    produce less (crops, meat, milk) and taxed big food
    processing companies to raise money for Farmers.
    ● Industry: The National Industry Recovery Act (NRA)
    intended to get the economy moving again. It controlled
    American industry to ensure that big and small businesses
    along with trade unions could collaborate. Set limits to
    prevent overproduction.
    ● Public works: US government gave the Public Works
    Administration
    (PWA) millions of $ to build roads, dams, libraries, hospitals,
    schools and courts.

    3. Reform agencies
    ● Banking: Roosevelt’s first act as president was to deal with
    the banking crisis. Many banks were forced to close due to
    the GD and people started losing their faith in the system.
    They drew their savings and stored their money at home.
    Roosevelt ordered all banks to close and congress passed the
    Emergency Banking Relief Act to ensure that they would only
    reopen once they were found to be financially secure.
    ● Trade unions: The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB)
    was set up and allowed for trade unions to be formed. Made
    it illegal for workers to be harassed during a strike.
    ● State responsibility for welfare: The Social Security Act
    (SSA) provided
    the unemployed with wages and the elderly with pensions.
    Opposition to the New Deal
    ● Opposition from wealthy & conservative: resented
    paying social security contributions and extra tax and
    power of unions. Republicans feared high
    government spending, increased taxes and
    bureaucracy
    ● Criticism from the left: Huey Long argued for redistribution
    of wealth and
    nationwide minimum wage. American Communists saw
    FDR as a dictator. Catholic priest (Charles Coughlin)
    disappointed at slow rate of reform.
    ● Opposition within the Democrats: Representatives of Southern
    States against
    viewing African Americans as political and social equals

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