new deal

1. FDR organized a
‘Brain Trust’,
or group of educated male
advisors, to help come up with
solutions to the depression

2. Which New Deal Program was
the most important?
5 Finger Vote

3. Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
• Intended to halt
Bank Runs
• Insured bank
deposits up to
$5,000.00
• Still in tact today
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

4. Agricultural Adjustment Act
• Intended to help
victims of the
Dust Bowl
• Intended to stop
overproduction
• Paid land-
owners NOT to
grow crops
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

5. National Recovery Act
• Intended to
improve working
conditions for the
poor
• Suggested a
minimum wage
• Suggested limited
work hours
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

6. Public Works Administration
• Intended to
resolve
unemployment
• Created jobs
building
highways,
dams, sewer
systems,
schools
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

7. Works Progress
Administration
• Intended to
resolve
unemployment
• Created jobs
building dams,
libraries, bridges
• Created jobs for
musicians, writers,
artists
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

8. Securities and Exchange
Commission
• Intended to
regulate corruption
in stock market
• Regulated the
purchasing of
stocks on margin
• Regulated “insider
trading”
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

9. Tennessee Valley Authority
• Intended to bring
electricity to rural
areas
• Intended to stop
disastrous floods
• Intended to limit
soil erosion
• Build dams on the
Tennessee River
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

10. Social Security Act
• Intended to provide aid
for disabled
• Intended to encourage
retirement and create
job opportunities for
younger Americans
• Established a pension
fund for elderly or
disabled workers and
their dependents
• Excludes agricultural
and domestic workers
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

11. National Labor Relations
Board
• Intended to
improve working
conditions
• Legalized labor
unions and
collective
bargaining
1. Essential
2. Helpful
3. Neutral
4. Not Helpful
5. Destructive

12. Other New Deal Programs
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