US History › Section M · Depression and New Deal › Topic M.5
The First New Deal
In 1933 and 1934 Roosevelt and a Democratic Congress rescued the banks, put millions to work and tried to lift farm and factory prices. The First New Deal was a burst of experiments rather than a single plan, and its results, uneven across groups, are still debated.
In this topic
- The Hundred Days
- Saving the banks
- Money and financial reform
- Relief and jobs
- Saving homes and farms
- The Agricultural Adjustment Act
- Worked example: the AAA and a sharecropping family
- Planning industry: the NRA
- Building: the PWA and the TVA
- Worked example: did the First New Deal work?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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