New Deal Programs During The Great Depression
During the Great Depression, there were New Deal programs that provided help for the jobless in many different ways. Most of them achieved their goals, which usually included employing many people and helping the country, but none ended the Great Depression. Some are still debated about today, but in the 1930s, most of the people of America were just glad that action was being taken. One New Deal program that provided help for the jobless was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Although this was not designed to employ jobless people, it provided them with financial assistance by granting funds to states so that they could reopen shuttered relief agencies. The part of this program that was distinctive was the fact that it provided help for the unemployed, but not by supplying them with jobs, as most other programs did. They assisted them by helping them get back on their feet financially. Another New Deal program for helping the jobless was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This program’s goals included hiring city dwellers to work in the national parks, forests, wilderness areas, and countryside of America. It achieved its goals, employing millions of young men that planted trees, built reservoirs, constructed parks,
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This program aimed to employ people that would build or repair public buildings, including schools, post offices, and government offices. This program was very successful in achieving its goals. WPA workers eventually built/repaired six hundred and fifty thousand miles of roads, seventy-five thousand bridges, and eight hundred airports. Artists and writers were also hired by the WPA to paint murals in post offices and government buildings and write stories, state guides, and histories. Therefore, the Works Progress Administration not only provided jobs for many people during the Great Depression, but built up the buildings of
This program aimed to employ people that would build or repair public buildings, including schools, post offices, and government offices. This program was very successful in achieving its goals. WPA workers eventually built/repaired six hundred and fifty thousand miles of roads, seventy-five thousand bridges, and eight hundred airports. Artists and writers were also hired by the WPA to paint murals in post offices and government buildings and write stories, state guides, and histories. Therefore, the Works Progress Administration not only provided jobs for many people during the Great Depression, but built up the buildings of