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Second New Deal: FarmersSecond New Deal: Farmers
Soil Conservation and Domestic Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment ActAllotment Act Replaced Agricultural Adjustment ActReplaced Agricultural Adjustment Act Paid farmers for cutting production of soil-Paid farmers for cutting production of soil-
depleting cropsdepleting crops CottonCotton WheatWheat
Rewarded farmers for practicing good soil Rewarded farmers for practicing good soil conservation methodsconservation methods
Second New Deal: FarmersSecond New Deal: Farmers
May 1935, Congress created May 1935, Congress created Resettlement AdministrationResettlement Administration Loaned money to small farmers to buy landLoaned money to small farmers to buy land
Farm Security AdministrationFarm Security Administration Replaced Resettlement AdministrationReplaced Resettlement Administration Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant
farmers become land holdersfarmers become land holders Established camps for migrant farm Established camps for migrant farm
workersworkers
Second New Deal: Second New Deal: EmploymentEmployment
Works Progress Administration (WPA)Works Progress Administration (WPA) Set out to create jobs quicklySet out to create jobs quickly $5 billion budget$5 billion budget Employed more than 8 million persons Employed more than 8 million persons
between 1935 and 1943between 1935 and 1943 They built:They built:
850 airports850 airports Constructed/repaired 651,000 miles of roadsConstructed/repaired 651,000 miles of roads 110,000 libraries, schools, and hospitals110,000 libraries, schools, and hospitals
Second New Deal: Second New Deal: EmploymentEmployment
Works Progress Administration Works Progress Administration (continued)(continued) Women mainly employed in sewing groupsWomen mainly employed in sewing groups
Made 300 million garments for the needyMade 300 million garments for the needy Employed professionals:Employed professionals:
TeachersTeachers WritersWriters ArtistsArtists ActorsActors MusiciansMusicians
Second New Deal: YouthSecond New Deal: Youth
National Youth Administration (NYA)National Youth Administration (NYA) Created jobs for young peopleCreated jobs for young people More than 200,000 students received More than 200,000 students received
aid and assistanceaid and assistance
Key WordsKey Words
Farm Security Administration (FSA)- Loaned Farm Security Administration (FSA)- Loaned more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers more than $1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders. FSA also established a become landholders. FSA also established a networkers, who had traditionally lived in networkers, who had traditionally lived in squalid housing.squalid housing.
Work Progress Administration (WPA)- Created Work Progress Administration (WPA)- Created as many jobs as quickly as possible. 110,000 as many jobs as quickly as possible. 110,000 schools, libraries, and hospitals were builtschools, libraries, and hospitals were built
National Youth Administration (NYA)- provided National Youth Administration (NYA)- provided aid and employment to young Americans. aid and employment to young Americans. Provided work-relief programs for young adults.Provided work-relief programs for young adults.
Which Act paid farmers for Which Act paid farmers for cutting production of soil-cutting production of soil-
depleting crops? depleting crops? A) Wagner ActA) Wagner Act B) Soil Conservation and Domestic B) Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment ActAllotment Act C) Social Security ActC) Social Security Act D) Works Progress Administration D) Works Progress Administration
(WPA)(WPA)
What did the National Youth What did the National Youth Administration (NYA) do?Administration (NYA) do?
A) Created jobs for everyone.A) Created jobs for everyone. B) Aided retirees. B) Aided retirees. C) Loaned over $1 billion to help C) Loaned over $1 billion to help
tenant farmers become landholders.tenant farmers become landholders. D) Provided work-relief programs for D) Provided work-relief programs for
young Adults.young Adults.
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