1. Roosevelt remained vague on
the campaign trail, promising
only that under his
presidency government would
act decisively to end the
Depression.
2. New Deal-1(1933-35)
The Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA), passed in 1933
government sought to
stimulate increased farm prices
by paying farmers to produce
less.
It did little for smaller farmers
and led to the eviction and
homelessness of tenants and
sharecroppers whose
landlords hardly needed their
services under a system that
paid them to grow less
3. Aimed at restoring the economy
from the bottom up
The Works Progress
Administration was a huge
federal jobs program that sought
to hire unemployed breadwinners
for the purpose strengthening
their family's well-being as well
as boosting consumer demand.
National Labour Relations Act of
1935
New Deal (1935-40s)
4. Outbreak of World War II
causes
US factories flooded with orders
form armaments and munitions
Unemployment decreases and
production increase
Depression ends completely by
the time the US enters the war in
1941
