Chapter 27: New Deal America
Chapter 27: New Deal America 3 R’s Reviving the economy relieving the widespread human misery Rescuing the farm sector and its desperate families Emergency Banking Relief Act 9 March Permitted the sound banks to reopen and appointed managers for those that remained in trouble Fireside Chat 12 March FDR assured 60 million Americans it is safer to have their money in the bank 21st Amendment: ends prohibition Hundred Days 9 March - 16 June Congress endorse 15 major pieces of legislation that transformed the role of the federal government in social and economic life First New Deal: addresses the acute debt problem faced by farmers and homeowners Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) guaranteed personal bank deposits up to $5,000 Civillian Conservation Corps (CCC) Provides jobs to men Built bridges, campgrounds, fish hatcheries, etc Enrollees could earn high school diplomas Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Addressed the broader problems of human distress Federal...