How did Franklin Roosevelts decisions affect the out come of the depression?
Hello again, Vinay. Here we go: The Brain Trust crafted a bill that would put able-bodied men to work and pay them three square meals and a dollar a day. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) bill sailed through the overwhelmingly Democratic Congress. Soon, thousands of men across America packed up and moved to rural work camps, where they planted trees, fought forest fires, repaired trails, and built flood control levees. While programs like the CCC helped ease the immediate pain of the Depression, Roosevelt worked to effect more permanent changes on the economy. In May, Congress passed FDR’s Agricultural Adjustment Act. The AAA provided subsidies to farmers who decreased the production of various commodities, which, the president hoped, would cause farm prices to rise. In June, Roosevelt sent Congress his National Industrial Recovery Act, which set fair-practice codes for business and industry, established minimum wages and maximum hours, and gave labor the guaranteed right to bargai
