APUSH: New Deal Programs

Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks.

Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production.

Permanent programs to avoid another depression

Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures.

Immediate action taken to halt the financial deterioration

Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers.

Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity.

Created codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining

Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying.

"Pump - Priming" Temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand

8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but provided work in the arts

Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management.

Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.

Provided insurance and pension for disabled and retirees

Which program?

Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures.