Benefits Of The New Deal
Since the dawn of the stock market crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover had been in office and he believed that the Depression would pass over in due time. Americans however wanted a solution to the Depression now. In the election of 1932 the Democratic nominee was Franklin Delano Roosevelt; he promised a “New Deal” for Americans across the country. He won the 1932 election by a landslide over Hoover. To solve these issues, President Roosevelt started certain programs to employ as many people as possible. The ones we will cover are the Agricultural Adjustment Act, The Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration. The Agricultural Adjustment act known as the AAA; was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies
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Roosevelt. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. They employed young men 18-23 and eventually 18-28 years of age. They were paid 30 dollars a month and 25 of that must be sent home to families. The advantages were that the young men stayed on camps that provided food, shelter, and clothing while they worked. Another advantage is that they helped preserve national resources which also made these young men much stronger and healthy. Some disadvantage existed, one of which was segregation. Though African Americans were allowed to participate, there was still a separation of white and black at the camps; which caused issues which involved team jobs. Most of the CCC workers were from the east, and the conservation areas were in the west. This made transportation expensive. The corps had a great public view, which meant there were few who didn’t like the
Roosevelt. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. They employed young men 18-23 and eventually 18-28 years of age. They were paid 30 dollars a month and 25 of that must be sent home to families. The advantages were that the young men stayed on camps that provided food, shelter, and clothing while they worked. Another advantage is that they helped preserve national resources which also made these young men much stronger and healthy. Some disadvantage existed, one of which was segregation. Though African Americans were allowed to participate, there was still a separation of white and black at the camps; which caused issues which involved team jobs. Most of the CCC workers were from the east, and the conservation areas were in the west. This made transportation expensive. The corps had a great public view, which meant there were few who didn’t like the