1st new deal alphabet agencies

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) -

  • federally controlled (state governments had no say) - southern states weren't doing enough for the poor, TVA was set up across 7 states helping them recover - part of the new deal was to redevelop the Tennessee valley to create jobs and reduce the effects of the dust bowl
  • it revived the economy by producing electricity - 20 dams were built, creating jobs and allowing flooding to be controlled for farmers. - it generated hydro-electricity for local farms which boosted productivity
• policies for agriculture -

  Roosevelt stopped over-production to increase prices - the agriculture adjustment administration (AAA)

  AAA - paid farmers to keep areas of land empty and limit the number of crops/animals held

  6 million pigs were killed and bc there was less wheat/cotton grown, prices rose - helping farmers to make a profit
• policies for agriculture -

  farmers were helped if they struggled with their mortgages - the farm credit administration (FCA) improved mortgage arrangements for 20% of farmers - more could now pay their mortgages so were more likely to keep their land and jobs, this made sure the number of farmers didn't decrease
• policies for industry -

  businesses were encouraged to join the national recovery administration (NRA) - they were popular amongst the public as it controlled prices, wages and working hours. - 2.3 million businesses took part, displaying the blue eagle symbol to show they were part of it, this helped to improve working conditions for workers across America
• policies for industry -

  workers could join unions - the national industrial recovery act (NIRA) allowed workers to join unions (3.9 million were in a union by 1939) - they could fight for better pay/conditions/hours helping them to earn more and improve the economy.
• policies for unemployment -

  the federal emergency relief act (FERA) - have $500 million to states to help the unemployed - this allowed the unemployed to feed their family in the short time while looking for a job
• policies for unemployment -

  people were encouraged to return to work - Roosevelt set up the civilian conservation corps (CCC) which gave young men outdoor paid jobs, 500,000 had joined it by 1935.
• policies for unemployment -

  people were encouraged to return to work - the public works administration (PWA) were given $3.3 billion to build structures (e.g. dams) which created jobs