The New Deal Programs

It would pay farmers not to plant on part of their land and not to kill off excess livestock, essentially paying them to produce less. They did this to reduce agricultural production. .
             Over production had plagued farmers and made crops cost less. The problem with this was that in order to receive funding from the AAA, one needed to own their farm because of this sharecroppers and tenant farmers did not directly see any income from the AAA. Landlords were supposed to share their income but often times they would fail to do so. Over the course of the depression many sharecroppers, because conditions were so bad, would pack up all of their belongings and head west to reestablish themselves there. Throughout the 1930's drought conditions turned fields into dust. This decade became known as the Dust Bowl. The states of North and South Dakota were the main recipients during the ten year period. .
             As far as industry was concerned the main piece of legislation was The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) passed in 1933. It was passed to authorize the president to regulate industry in an attempt to stimulate economic recovery after severe deflation. The NIRA created The National Recovery Association (NRA). The NRA was created to eliminate competition and to help workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours. The most controversial program from first new deal was The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The TVA was created to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to Tennessee. Several dams were constructed with provided electricity for farmers. This drew in a lot of criticism because dams were producing electricity and the federal government was involved in selling the electricity. Skeptics thought private enterprises should be involved in selling the electricity not the federal government.
             President Franklin Roosevelt although appearing to be popular overall, had his fare share of critics from his own party, the democrats, from the left liberal side and from the right conservative side.