the new deal

             A. Federal Deposit Insurance Group (FDIC)
             B. Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC)
             D. A Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC)
             E. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
             F. National Industrial Recover Act (NIRA)
             A. Rural Electrification Administration
             B. National Labor Relations Act 1935
             D. Works Projects Administration Act
             In choosing a topic I wanted to pick something that was interesting to me, educational to the readers, and important to the development of America today. The beginning of the thirties was a time of social, economic, and political turmoil. The policies enacted by Roosevelt's New Deal may be some of the most progressive governmental policies enacted by any president. The effects of the policies of the New Deal can still be felt today. The New Deal may not have ended the depression of the thirties but they were the foundation for many of the policies in place today that help Americans survive during tough times.
             The twenties had been characterized as the prosperous twenties, a time when employment trade and family income were at all time highs. America had made the transition from an agricultural state to a industrial state. Mass production and the assembly line had revolutionized production and there was plenty for all. Big business not only boomed in America but also abroad. Government had started to play a role in peoples lives as never before. There were however problems, even though Americans prospered as never before there was still a division of wealth that government refused to deal with. It was said that one percent of the population owned over 60 percent of the countries wealth.(1) Employees wages rose slower than profits from the goods they produced, and owners continued to produce more goods ignoring this fact. Farmers who had never recovered from the war time recession continued to have little purchasing power, and their annual income continued to fall. Alth...

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