Resettlement+Administratoin

__Resettlement Administration__

1. What were the effects of the programs on the people? Roosevelt hoped that his New Deal would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression, would help end the current economic downturn, and would help prevent another depression from occurring in the future. At first he focused on long-term land reform: buying millions of acres of substandard land, converting it to more appropriate uses, and resettling displaced farm families in experimental communities and public housing (including controversial model farms and suburban greenbelt towns).

2. What were the effects of the programs on the economy? The Resettlement Administration remained in operation until July 1937, when the federal government replaced it with the Farm Security Administration. The Farm Security Administration continued many of the Resettlement Administrations programs and also attempted to reduce the number of tenant farmers and sharecroppers. the Resettlement Administration created model communities that demonstrated more efficient ways of preserving the environment.