How did FDR assist farmers, workers, and homeowners

during the first Hundred Days?

By:

Gabe Ditto,

Niko Holm, &

Donya Jamali

ASSISTING FARMERS

Agricultural Adjustment Act: lower production to raise crop prices

Gvt paid farmers to leave certain amounts of acreage of land unseeded

• Paid cotton growers $200 million to plow under 10 million acres of their crop

• Paid hog farmers to slaughter 6 million pigs

Upset Americans

Put more money in farmers’ pockets

Assisting WorkersCivilian Conservation Corps: put men to work

-small wage

-many camps located on Great Plains

Federal Emergency Relief Administration: provided direct relief for needy

-Harry Hopkins headed program

Public Works Admin: gave $$$ to states to create jobs

-failed to aid unemployment

Roosevelt est. Civil Works Administration: provided 4 million immediate jobs

• National Industrial Recovery Act: promote industrial growth

• Est codes of fair practice for individual industries, standard working hours, child labor ban

• Tennessee Valley Authority: created jobs and renovated the TN River Valley

Assisting Homeowners

Home Owners Loan Corporation: provided gvt loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure

National Housing Act created Federal Housing Administration: furnishes loans for home mortgages and repairs

3 Key Words and Definitions:The Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA) Governments goal was to raise crop prices by lowering productionAchieved goal by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of land unseeded

The Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)Put young men, ages 18-25 to workHad them build roads, develop parks, plant trees, and help in food control projects

The Home Owners Loan Corporation(HOLC) Provided government loans to homeowners facing foreclosure

Diagram

1. How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) affect farmers?

A. It increased production to keep up with demand

B. It raised crop prices by lowering production

C. It paid farmers to leave a certain amount of land unseeded

D. Al of the Above

E. B & C Only

2. What kind of jobs did young workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) have?

A. Worked on developing parks

B. They planted trees

C. They helped in soil-erosion and flood control projects

D. Worked on preventing another Dust Bowl

E. All of the Above

1. How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) affect farmers?

A. It increased production to keep up with demand

B. It raised crop prices by lowering production

C. It paid farmers to leave a certain amount of land unseeded

D. Al of the Above

E. B & C Only

2. What kind of jobs did young workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) have?

A. Worked on developing parks

B. They planted trees

C. They helped in soil-erosion and flood control projects

D. Worked on preventing another Dust Bowl

E. All of the Above