Discussion Post: The New Deal
Programs
Acts
• Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Civil Works Administration (CWA)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• Emergency Banking Relief Act
• Economy Act
• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
• Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA)
• National Employment System Act (Wagner-Peyser Act)
• Home Owners Loan Act
• National Industrial Recovery Act (NIA)
• Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act)
• Securities & Exchange Act
• Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
• Resettlement Administration (RA)
• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
• National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
• Social Security Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Reflecting over the weekly reading and lesson video The New Deal Coalition (also linked in the Required Resources), address the following for your selections:
a) Consider workers, immigrants, and African Americans. Explain how minorities were represented by the New Deal.
b) Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy.
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.