Title: How did the New Deal help the United States during the Great Depression? | Socratic
Headings: How did the New Deal help the United States during the Great Depression?
How did the New Deal help the United States during the Great Depression?
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Sarah C
Explanation:

Content: Key programmes included the WPA, PWA and CCC. Reform The name given to attempts to prevent further recessions, and build a more stable and secure economy to safeguard the future. Here are some of the programmes that were introduced: EBA - Emergency Banking Act - March 1933 - Gave welfare payments to people who had lost money in the Wall Street Crash and restored confidence in the banks. The government also publically urged people to reinvest their money. CCC - Civilian Conservation Corporation - March/April 1933 Employed young men to build things like national parks. AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act - May 1933 - Set limits on how much farms could produce which helped to reduce expansion and raise prices for food. When there is more produce than there is buyers, it causes that product to become less valuable. By producing less, farmers could sell it for more which helped the farms and food production get back on track. TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority -May 1933 - Built dams to prevent flooding and provide cheap hydroelectric (energy from the movement of water rushing through a gap in a dam to drive a turbine) electricity.