The New Deal - 6th Period by Emma Long

Zane - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

2025-02-25 18:55:42 UTC

The TVA was created to better the very poor Tennessee valley area. They build dams, hydroelectric plants, agricultural programs, and industrialized the area. The TVA still exist today to provide power to the region.

Social Security Administration (Jade)

2025-02-25 18:58:25 UTC

The SSA benefits millions of Americans by providing a financial safety net for retired individuals, the disabled, and surviving family members through taxs. Yes people still do benefit today and rely on it when they retire.

Sebastian's Explanation of the Wagner Act

2025-02-25 18:58:25 UTC

AKA National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to allow for labor union elections to protect workers. The new law protected workers from employers who did not want labor unions.

WPA-Xavier Oliva

2025-02-25 18:58:30 UTC

In this program they focused on making more jobs for people to build infrastructures like roads, bridges, schools, and hospitals it was created during the great depression in 1935. It employed over millions of people as well as supporting their artistic endeavors. The infrastructures are still up today and are still in use.

liz-FDR's court packing plan

2025-02-25 18:58:36 UTC

-The plan suggested adding one new justice for each sitting justice over the age of 70, potentially increasing the number of justices from nine to 15. Roosevelt’s goal was to create a Court that agrees with his policies. It was highly controversial plan and got rejected

-The Court Packing Plan was designed to benefit Roosevelt’s New Deal agenda by ensuring that the Court would support his economic reforms

-no, people do not directly benefit from FDR court-packing plan today but it has ongoing discussions about the balance of power within u.s. gov and judicial reforms

Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Michael Lancaster

2025-02-25 18:58:37 UTC

1: The SEC was created in 1934 to regulate the securities industry, ensuring that investors could make informed decisions and that stock markets operated fairly. This gives transparency in the financial markets.

2: This program benifits people who are involved in finance and the stock market, given the transparency they provide on in finance.

Social Security Administration (SSA)-Sophia T

2025-02-25 18:58:42 UTC

it was created in 1935 under the Social Security Act to provide financial assistance to retired workers, the disabled, and survivors of deceased workers. it was funded through payroll taxes, which are collected from workers and employers. it plays a vital role in reducing poverty among older Americans (benefits them) and providing support for individuals who are unable to work due to illness or disability (benefits them too). and yeah it still benefits people today by helping them w money

FDIC

2025-02-25 18:58:46 UTC

The Federal Deposit Insurance

Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA) -sarah gharib

2025-02-25 18:58:57 UTC

The AAA was passed in 1933 and was designed to help struggling farmers by reducing crop production and raising agricultural prices. The government paid farmers to reduce production, the goal was to help farmers earn a fairer income by balancing supply with demand. It benefited farmers but criticized tenant farmers and sharecroppers, many of whom were poor African Americans.

21st Amendment - Thomas De La Cruz

2025-02-25 18:58:59 UTC

1st: The 21st Amendment restored the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages, allowing the government to regulate and tax alcohol, which also provided a new source of revenue for the government.

2: The 21st Amendment benefited Americans by restoring personal freedoms and enabling legal alcohol production and distribution. It also helped to curb organized crime associated with illegal alcohol trade. It also allowed states to control the sale and distribution of alcohol, which has led to variations in alcohol laws across the country, but its core function—allowing legal alcohol production and regulation—remains vital to modern U.S. law.

3: People still do benefit from this program today since alcohol usage from Americans is still relevant. While people still benefit, alcohol usage is still being taken advantage of by some and can cause harmful effects.

Wagner Act- Eleanor Hiner

2025-02-25 18:59:48 UTC

The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, protected workers rights to form unions, and fight to improve the power balance between worker/boss.
The program benefits workers, as it makes it legal for them to protest for better work conditions.
Yes, this program is still relevant today, because it laid the foundation for better worker conditions, and the act still exists today.

National Recovery Administration - Daniel Putegnat

2025-02-26 18:10:02 UTC

Established in 1933 as a part of the New Deal, it addressed the economic challenges of the Great Depression. It encouraged businesses to adopt codes of fair competition. It benefitted workers, consumers, and businesses by providing fair wages and working conditions while stimulating economic recovery. This program was short-lived and declared unconstitutional in 1935. The ideals behind this influenced future labor and economic reforms.

FLSA

2025-02-26 19:09:17 UTC

This is a landmark labor act that was passed in 1938, and this act in short provides workers with a maximum of 40 work hours a week and minimum wage and instituted overtime pay if you go past the 40 hours. This law also prohibited children from working in hazardous conditions. This is still in use today

Roman Tennessee Valley Authority

2025-02-27 17:06:05 UTC

The TVA was created to help the poor community in Tennessee and improve the living standards there. The TVA benefited the people of the Tennessee Valley by providing affordable electricity, modernizing agriculture, and creating jobs. The Tva still exists today and powers the region tennessee valley.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a U.S. program from 1933 to 1942 during the Great Depression that provided jobs for young, unemployed men. It focused on environmental conservation, such as planting trees, building parks, and fighting soil erosion.

2025-02-27 17:10:18 UTC

The CCC had a lasting impact by developing national parks and forests, creating infrastructure still used today. Its legacy influenced future programs like AmeriCorps and contributed to the environmental movement.

Though it ended in 1942, the CCC's work and its impact on public lands are still visible today.

Thomas Natal Civilian Conservation corps ( CCC)

thonat528 — 2025-02-27 17:12:31 UTC

The Civilian Conservation corps ( CCC) was originally established in 1933 it was known as the public workers program for employment to young and also unemployed men during The Great Depression. The CCC mainly focused on environmental conservation projects such as reforestation, going on the employed over 3 million young men who were previous houses in champs and on the case paid in monthly wages . The CCC primarily benefited young men, particularly those from low-income families, who gained both work experience and financial support. Today the legacy of the CCC continues to benefit Americans through the parks, trails, and public works that were built during the program. This is relevant today because model of creating public works programs for the unemployed still influences government responses to economic crises, including modern day

CCC

2025-02-27 17:16:16 UTC

The Civillian Conversation Corps was a program based in the U.S from 1933 to 1942 while the great depression was happening that made jobs for young men. It treid to help the enviorment by planting trees, building parks, and stopping soil erosion.

FDR's Court Packing Plan (Ava C.)

2025-02-27 17:17:11 UTC

President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to expand the Supreme Court to ensure that New Deal programs would be upheld, increasing the number of justices from 9 to 15. The Court Packing Plan was created to ensure that the court would support his economic reforms, but because the plan was heavily controversial, it wasn't passed.
This plan was designed to directly benefit President Roosevelt and his agendas/policies.
It remains relevant in ongoing political battles over judicial nominations and the power that U.S. courts should/shouldn't have, influencing debates and presidential control over the judiciary.

Moises Aguilar - Security and Exchange Commission

2025-02-27 17:18:08 UTC

Created in 1934 the SEC was made to regulate securities industries. This made sure that investors were able to make informed decisions and that stock markets operated fairly. Overall this created trust within the markets.
This programs benifits investors as this gives more transperency and trust inside the market.
3. Till this day Americans still benifit from this programm. It plays a central role in regulating trust and security in markets. This protects investors from any fraud and increases confidence within the market and investors.

Works Progress Administration - Aidan

2025-02-27 17:19:14 UTC

The Works Progress Administration was a program created in 1935 to help unemployed people find jobs. These jobs mainly consisted of construction jobs and gave support to artists, writers, actors, and musicians. This program benefited many men finding construction jobs helping artists, and various tradespeople.

2025-02-27 17:22:53 UTC

a worker program was created in 1935 to combat unemployment. its called the workers progress administration (WPA) it was designed to employ millions of unemployed people by allowing them opportunity's to work during a difficult time period. people in the (WPA) were to build public infrastructure and expanding American culture through employing artist, actors, musicians etc.. it was a successful program.

-Rebecca

The Wagner Act, in 1935 was a landmark US law that was made to protect workers rights. It also created the (NLRB) to oversee labor disputes and ensure fairness. The act prohibited employers from interfering with workers union activities, such as firing or discriminating against union members. The Wagner Act primarily benefited workers, especially those in industrial. (better wages and working conditions). Yes it does help today and still relevant.

eliloz070 — 2025-02-27 17:25:56 UTC

Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC)

2025-02-27 17:28:17 UTC

The FDIC was a response to widespread bank failure during the Great Depression. This was a way to ensure the bank members money is backed up in case the great depression happened again. This was mainly intended to ensure the money in the bank. The FDIC only ensures up to $250k per depositor.

This program benefits both the bank and the customer to ensure their money and to avoid bank runs.

The FDIC is still relevant to this day by insuring peoples money.

(FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2025-02-27 18:26:44 UTC

This was a response to bank failures, it provided insurance on deposits guaranteeing that depositors savings were protected even met with failure. Allowing people to be confident preventing bank runs.

This benefitted bank customers again helping to prevent that panic of bank runs, playing a huge role in banking systems. It ensures deposits up to 250,000 per customer, and people still benefit from it today.