FDR's New Deal helped America through a variety of programs and policies. FDR explained his policies to the public through "fireside chats" on the radio. The New Deal provided loans to help homeowners and businesses stay solvent. It also restored confidence in the banking system through the Emergency Banking Act. The New Deal created jobs through public works programs and the ending of prohibition, while also raising wages and prices of agricultural products to stimulate the economy.

1. Mnemonic Learning XIUSA and the New DealHow did FDR’s New Deal help America?

2. FLEA PAWF - Fireside chats.L - Loans to homeowners.E - Emergency Banking Act.A - Abolished prohibition.P - Prices.A - Alphabet agencies.W – Wages.

3. F – Fireside ChatsFDR described his policies in radio broadcasts called ‘fireside chats’. FDR made sure that everyone who sent him a letter got a reply (he got up to 8,000 letters a day), and that everyone who telephoned the White House was never cut off.L – Loans to homeownersThe Farm Loan Act and the Bankruptcy Act prevented banks from closing on solvent businesses until they had had a chance to borrow from the Federal Reserve.

4. The Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) did the same for ordinary home owners.E – Emergency Banking Act The Emergency Banking Act closed the banks for four days. The government checked that all were financially sound, and when they reopened, they reopened with the backing of the Federal Reserve. This restored confidence in the banks, and people deposited their money there again. A – Abolished ProhibitionThis meant it created legal jobs in the brewing industry and selling alcohol.

5. This restored faith in the government because it stopped the humiliation of the government’s laws being openly ignored.

6. It also increased the government’s revenuesas they could tax alcohol.P - PricesThe Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) paid farmers to take fields out of production; the idea of this was to stop over-production and to drive up prices. A – Alphabet AgenciesFDR set up what came to be called the ‘alphabet agencies’ because their names were reduced to acronyms.