Relief Alphabet Agencies Flashcards
Name 3 relief agencies
AAA
NRA
CCC
Positives of AAA
Income for farmers rose from 1932 $4.5 to 1935 $6.9 billion
Negatives of AAA
Food was getting destroyed and farmers were growing less even though there was people starving
Positives of CCC
2.5 million unemployed young men aged 17-24 received work, they lived in camps and were fed.
Millions of trees were planted with forest/park areas developed
Positives of NRA
Improved working conditions like fair pay and getting rid of child labour.
557 codes were written that businesses were meant to follow
Negatives of CCC
It helped only a selected age group and mostly whites
Negatives of NRA
It was shit down by the Supreme Court as it was deemed illegal