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.