In 1932, America realized it was time for a change, and elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a landslide vote. Roosevelt promised to help end the depression and with his New Deal. The New Deal was Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression. Through increased government spending, FDR enacted numerous public works programs in an effort to simulate the economy. The New Deal's "alphabet soup" (this was the nickname for the numerous programs FDR enacted) was FDR's plan to people out of the depression. The New Deal affected different industries and groups of Americans in unique ways.

One of the groups hardest hit by the Great Depression were the farmers. Due to overproduction and under consumption after World War I and during the 1920's, the prices of crops fell dramatically. As a result of the low prices, Farmers' incomes dramatically fell. The farmer was in dire straits as the Great Depression

The New Deal also set up other agencies to help farmers. FDR set up the Farm Resettlement Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA). These agencies attempted to help families on the ground. The Farm Resettlement Administration help move families that were effected by things like the Dust Bowl, which destroyed hundreds of acres of farms in the Midwest. The REA helped bring farmers into the twentieth century by providing farmers with electricity. The FSA was to provide assistance to rural poor and migrant agricultural worker. Farmers were also benefited from the Farm Credit Act of 1933, which refinanced a fifth of all farm mortgages.

Long, who originally, supported FDR tried to get FDR to support his plan for the redistribution of wealth. After Long criticized FDR's many of the New Deal acts, like the Bank Act and the NIRA, FDR completely wrote Long off. Roosevelt might not have like Long but he did adopt some of his ideas, most notably the old age pension. FDR's Social Security Act is something that Long pushed for in his redistribution of wealth plan. So Huey did have some influence on FDR.

Section 7a had brought unions to the attention of FDR and in 1935 the National Labor Relation or Wagner Act was passed. This finally gave power to the unions. It gave workers the right to choose a union by vote, it gave workers the right to strike and boycott legally, and made company methods for breaking strikes illegal. The CIO used this power to get higher pay and shorter hours during strikes like the Flint Sit-Down Strike and even made companies crack with threat of a strike. The Wagner Act finally gave unions the power they needed because the government was now on there side.

The New Deal also attempted to help workers. The workingman was one of the people hardest hit by the Great Depression. At one point during the one in four Americans, 25%, were unemployed. FDR saw this as a major problem and attempted to correct it with a massive public works programs.

hit. The farmers were crucial to the American economy and FDR and the New Deal intended to help them.

The New Deal set up agencies such as the Federal Emergency Relief Association (FERA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). FERA was given one billions dollars to help end hardship. Under FERA, the Civilian Works Association (CWA) and the Civilian Conservation Core (CCC) helped to ease people's suffering. The CWA hired 4 million people to help do pub

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