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By: Mrs. Frieman & Mr. Salvatore
Date? - 1933
Problem? - Banks failing in alarming numbers
Who Did It Help? - Banks and bank customers
How Did It Help? - Closed all banks until federal government reviewed financial health of each bank and allowed it to reopen
Effective?  - Yes, it stopped the runs on banks

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By: Hailey Jordan
Date: 1935
Problem: their was a great rate of unemployment rising, along with lack of income for families
Who did it help: Americans and businesses to help become develop
How did it help: it provided many unemployed not skilled individuals with jobs, and also helped create many infrastructures like hospitals or public used buildings
Effective: yes, provided jobs and helped us out of the Great Depression

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by: Kennedy and Kaitlyn date: 1935
- form of relief
problem- people didn't have access to their savings, many people lost their jobs, homes, etc.
who did it help- dependents and victims of work injuries
how did it help- offered old age benefit and gov. assistance or benefits to victims of industrial work incidents, also aid to dependents like people with physical disabilities, mothers and children
effective- yes, it is something still used today, provided people with financial assistance when it was really needed

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By: Morgan L and Nicole R
Date- 1933
Type - reform
Problem - when the stock market crashed people were withdrawing all of their savings, or “bank runs”. They caused banks to run out of cash and eventually into bankruptcy.
Who did it help - it was set up to help the banks and protect the economy
How it was supposed to help - it was an established federal insurance corporation. They insure the banks for deposits, so the banks don’t lose all of their money when people withdraw their savings
How effective was the program and how long did it last - this program was very effective in protecting banks from major losses and closures and is still in effect today!

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By: Julissa and Janella
REFORM
Date: created in 1934
Problem: Investors and businesses lost faith in investing the stock market.
Who did it help?: Investors and business owners and everyone who invested in the stock market.
How did it help?: became the “financial regulator” and policed the stock market making sure everything was legal and public to the nation.
Effective? Overall, it was successful in improving conditions of the stock market and restoring confidence in capitalism.

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By: Grace Gabler and Izzy Stone
Relief
Date: June 27, 1934
Problem: Low-income Americans could not receive mortgages for housing
who did it help- it was designed to help low-income Americans
how did it help- It helped people acquire financing through private banks and other financial institutions.
Effective: Yes it was very effective and something that is still used today.

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By: Paige Garrett and Mason Watford
Date: 1933
Problem: People were not able to make money for their family.
Who did it help?: Young men.
How did it help?: It helped men raise money for their family.
Effective?: Yes, it provided work of a total 3,000,000 men during its existence.

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By: Carsyn Hyman and Juliette Jave
Date: 1933
Problem: This program was trying to address important issues in energy, environmental stewardship and economic development in the tennessee valley area.
Designed to help: It was designed to help America recover through the great depression.
Supposed to help: This program was going to help america because they focused on power production, flood control and reforestation to help improve the region.
Effectiveness: It was very effective and has continued to keep growing till this day.
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By: Paige M and McKenzie
Date: 1933
Problem: Tried to stop an overflow of products coming from farms
Who did it help: farmers and rural workers
How did it help: gave money to farmers to reduce the production of goods. Aimed to restore agricultural prosperity and helped farmers expand and diversify their crops
Effective: Worked for 3 years by raising crop prices but unintentionally favored large landowners over share croppers. Supreme Court unconstitutional but it was replaced with a slightly modified version in 1938

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By Elena Christou and Sarah Mercer
Date: 1938

Problem? Addressed unfair working conditions

Who did it help? Workers

How did it help? Initially established a 25-cent hourly minimum wage (now $7.25) and a 44-hour workweek later reduced to 40 hours. Also banned businesses from employing workers younger than 14 (some exceptions for agricultural and family businesses) and limited the types of jobs children under 18 could have.

Effective? Yes. It is still in effect today.

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By: Taylor and Riley
Date: 1933

Problem: Spent too much money
Who did it help: poorer cities/public housing
How did it help: Built large scale public works including bridges, dams, hospitals, and schools. Wanted to provide employment, help stabilize and revive the economy along with purchasing more power.
Effective: yes and no. They spent so much money to succeed in some levels of industry back to pre-depression but in some aspects it majorly failed like with affordable housing

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National recovery plan
By: Brenda, Samaya
Date: June 16, 1933
Problem: raised wages and lowered unemployment.
Who did it help?: this was intended to help nations economic recovery after the Great Depression.
How did it help?: It established the NRA, it created fair alliances and fixed wages and prices in the trade industry. Company’s had to come up with agreements for wages and hours. Workers weren’t forced to join unions and could not be fired if they didn’t want to join.
Was it effective?: Overall it was effective because it established many useful codes that helped about 22 million workers.