Social Programs

Social Programs

1. Wagner Act

   • The Wagner Act was created to ensure the rights of workers.
   • This allowed workers the create unions and strike against their employers.
   • The Nation Labor Relations Board was created by this act.

2. Civilian Conservation Corps

   • The CCC was created to help employ young men in careers centering around reforestation.
   • The young men who joined earned their own pay to help support their family. The CCC provided thirty dollars a week as payment.
   • The CCC used these young men to fight off forest fires, and plant trees around them.

3. Tennessee Valley Authority

   • The Tennessee Valley Authority provided employment for over 9,000 people by 1934.
   • The TVA was created to further the industrial and agricultural reform, improve healthcare, and encourage the use of hydroelectric power.

4. Connections

   • These programs all associate with the workforce of America. They have each created jobs, or they have protected the worker's rights.
   • Each program intended to help those in need. Many Americans were without jobs in America, or they were heavily mistreated in the ones they had. These programs attempted to reform each area of the workforce.
   • Each program had extreme success in their goals. Although each one had their own setbacks, these programs overpowered and established a reformation for the workforce of America.

5. Works Progress Administration

   • The WPA provided jobs created by local governments. Attempted to help the millions affected by the Great Depression with great success.
   • The WPA employed approximately 8.5 million people.
   • The WPA decreased the unemployment rate in America significantly.