referred to as the “Little White House”
caused by speculation and the stock market crash
the only New Deal program still around today
built roads, parks, trails and planted trees
paid farmers NOT to plant crops on part of their land
provided low interest loans to organizations that would extend power lines to rural areas
provided jobs for young single men to preserve natural resources
made farming easier because of electric water pumps, lights, appliances
factories and farmers overproduced
people borrowed more money than they could repay
used as a treatment facility for president Roosevelt’s polio
place where president Roosevelt died
initially opposed New Deal programs
helped with sewer projects, flood control, and recreational facilities
elected as governor of Georgia in the 1930s and 40s
provided retirement and unemployment insurance from the federal government
a problem with the program was that money went only to landowners not to tenant farmers
money would come from taxes paid by workers and employers
longest period of high unemployment and low economic activity
high tariffs kept countries from buying and selling to each other
place in Georgia visited by president Roosevelt
rovided subsidies (money) to limit production so prices could go up on limited supplies
conservative white supremacist
did not like government intervention