The New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal Programs
Georgia voters supported New Deal programs.
Provided aid & support to many poor Georgians.
Did not end the Great Depression, helped Georgians
cope
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Rural Electrification
Social Security
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The purpose:
 To hire unemployed young men to work on public service projects.
 These projects included
erosion control
flood prevention
public parks.
 Men who volunteered:
signed six month contracts
Provided room and board.
Received $30 a month ($25 had to be sent back to their families)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
 This was probably the most successful and popular.
 Over the nine years it was in existence
 over 3 million young men worked in the program
 planted millions of tree throughout the country
 However, once the U.S. entered World War II, these men changed out of their
CCC uniforms and into military ones.
 In 1942 the CCC was disbanded.
 In Georgia – Lasting Impact
 78,000 Georgians were employed by the CCC
 Planted over 22 million trees
 Built or improved several state parks, which are still used today, including
historic battle fields such as Chickamauga and Kennesaw Mountain, and
“forest parks” such as A.H. Stephens and Hard Labor Creek.
Rural Electrification
 In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration was established
 Roosevelt had an interest in bringing electric to rural areas of the country:
 “The Little White House” in Warm Springs, GA
 Congress & State governors, such as Talmadge, fought against this
program fearing it would lead to socialism, many farmers benefited from
it.
 25% increase in rural households that had electricity (reasonable price)
 Many farmers bought appliances that used electricity which helped
stimulate the economy.
 Impact on GA:
 Because it was a rural state, inexpensive electricity benefited everyone
Two New Deal programs that had a lasting
effect on Georgians.
The AAA
Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
 Federal government offered to pay farmers not to grow:
 Tobacco & Cotton
 Caused the price of agriculture products to rise
 Farmers made more money
 Eliminate surplus production.
 Policy did more harm than good for sharecroppers and tenant farmers.
 Payments made to landowner
 Payments not distributed to Sharecropper/Tenant Farmer
 The sharecropper/tenant farmer were removed b/c they could not
work the land
 Led to urbanization & the end of sharecropping and tenant farming
in the state.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
 Until 1935, those who were too old or unable to work were
dependent on the charity of others.
 Offered benefits:
People over 65
People who are disabled
People who are the survivors of a beneficiary who has
died.
 One of the longest running of the New Deal, and today
most Georgians are connected to the SSA either through
paying social security taxes or receiving social security
benefits.
Assignment / Activity
 Create a graphic organizer explaining 4 of the new deal programs
 Explain how they helped GA and the United States.
 Use the following quotes and textual information in your foldable with the
appropriate program.
 We will then discuss.
“…to rescue farmers from the
intolerable plight of the
depression…” By: FDR
“…measure gives at least some
protection to thirty millions of our
citizens who will reap direct benefits
through unemployment
compensation, through old-age
pensions…” By: FDR
“…will make it possible to bring
electricity to many more
thousands of farm homes which
could not previously be served.”
By: FDR
“…plans to put 500,000 young
men to work in the nation’s
forests, parks, and range
lands…” By: FDR
Once opened
you want to put
the following on
the inside of the
tabs as shown
CCC
Rural
Electrification
AAA
(top of inside tab)
Quote goes here
Social
Security
Bottom of inside tab
Description of
New Deal Policy
goes Here
How it helped GA
goes here
New Deal Programs