Question

What was some disadvantage and some advantage on the new deal?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Pros of Bank Holidays: Fulfilled its purpose, restored citizens confidence in the American banking system


Pros of CCC

1. First example of work-relief program: extremely successful
2. Employed over 3 million young men
3. On its institution in 1933 it employed 250,000 men
4. Helped men to support their families

Answer 3

Cons of CCC

1. Did not help young men get jobs after they left the agency
2. Many who left the agency immediately enlisted in the military to serve in WWII


Cons of AAA

1. Declared to be unconstitutional in 1936
2. Severely hurt sharecroppers and tenant farmers
3. Plantation and farm owners theoretically should have paid their hired help the usual pay out of the money given to them out of their checks, but in reality, this rarely happened as farmers kept the money for themselves and the sharecroppers and tenants were left destitute

Answer 4

Pros of FERA

1. Work relief program, kept people from going on the dole
2. Helped people keep their dignity by not being on the dole but having jobs

Cons of FERA

1. It was more expensive for the government to provide jobs than to simply give handouts, the program could have been more efficient
2. Ultimately replace in 1935 by the WPA and SSA