Roosevelt knew he faced unique problems that demanded new solutions. However, he was not a radical; he was a pragmatist. He was not about to

The New Deal social works programs were called “alphabet soup agencies.” One of the boldest and most far reaching of those programs was the National

The plight of the American farmer during the Great Depression has been discussed above. The basic problem for the farmers was that they produced too

The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal agency that later became the Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA had many programs involving agricultural issues and

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created in early 1933 and was the most popular of all New Deal programs. It was dissolved in 1942.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was another of the New Deal alphabet agencies. It was created in 1933 and lasted only four and a half

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most significant of the New Deal programs. It was Roosevelt’s primary attack on unemployment. Under administrator

The Public Works Administration (PWA) was charged with developing very large public works construction projects. Between 1933 and 1939 PWA invested more than six billion

On May 18, 1933, President Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as part of the flurry of legislation that marked Roosevelt’s first 100 days

Before the 1930s, support for the elderly was a matter of local government and family concern rather than a federal government concern. The Depression proved