2nd New Deal Agencies- What They Did

Question 1

What did WPA do?

Answer 1

creating jobs eg. 8million jobs in 8 years

building schools hospitals as well as acting and photography.

Question 2

What did the farm security administration photographic project do?

Answer 2

Took over 80,000 photos of farm land

Question 3

What did the RA do?

Answer 3

Helped 500,000 families in drought hit areas to resettle on better land

Question 4

What did the farm security administration (1937) do?

Answer 4

Gave poor farmers loans and built camps for migrant workers

Question 5

What did the REA do?

Answer 5

Gave financial help to private companies to supply electricity to areas not previously supplied

Question 6

What did the social security acts do?

Answer 6

Gave financial help to the sick and disabled
pensions for the elderly and widows
Set unemployment insurance schemes where workers made weekly contributions and could receive relief if unemployed

Question 7

What did the national labour relations act/ Wagner act do?

Answer 7

That employers must allow unions in their industries. Unions were allowed to negotiate for better pay and confronts and it was illegal for employers to sack a worker for being a member of a trade union

Question 8

What did the soil conservation act do?

Answer 8

Replaced banned AAA to introduce soil subsidises