What do you think The New Deal was?

BR. To End the Great Depression President Franklin D. Roosevelt called

for a New Deal program? March 5, 1933.

Every bank was closed for a few days so that people would stop with drawing their money.

Emergency Banking Act / allowed government to examine all banks before they could re-open.

“Fireside Chats” on the radio asked American’s to restore their fate in the banking system.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures money up to 5,000. ( Today 250,000 )

Home Owners Loan Association helped homeowners who could not pay their mortgage.

Bank Holiday

Federal Emergency Relief Administration.Securities and Exchange CommissionNational Industry Recovery Act.Agriculture Adjustment Administration.Works Progress Administration. Social Security Act. ( unemployment

insurance, payroll tax on business, employers and wages for pensions of retied workers. Payments for disabled and elderly.

Other Programs

A drought in the south led to dust storms that destroyed crops.

Dust Bowl in the South

Crops turned to dust.Homes were buried.Fields were blown away.The south was in a state of

emergency.Dust Bowl was the number one

weather cirsis of the 20th century.

Dust Bowl cont.

Given the state of the economy create a program that pertains to an aspect of American society that people need help in today.

Explain 5 things that you would implement as a government official to make this program work.

Also create a poster to promote this program.

Create a program to help Americans today.