The Hundred Days included the temporary closure and reorganization of what were left of the nation's banks with a prohibition on exports of gold and silver and all foreign-exchange transactions, the abandonment of the gold standard, the creation of a national emergency relief system and a federal system to enable farmers to remortgage their farms, Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, said 'It's more than a New Deal. It's a new world (p.13, para. 3).
This helped president Roosevelt start his idea of the Three R’s; Relief, Recovery, and Reform (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2009). Now banks were to be closed until he believed they were trustworthy. If he didn’t trust the bank with people’s money, then he wouldn’t allow them to reopen. This was honestly a great idea, because now you have the president actually trying to look out for one’s money, rather than not caring if one’s money is lost. His idea was a way to prove to his people that he actually cared about their well-being and not just about raising …show more content…
His idea was to remove these young adults from jobs they didn’t benefit from to jobs that helped them while they were in school (Phyllis Day, 2009, p.291, para.1). A program, which was also associated with this program, was called the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This program employed young adults to work in the maintenance of natural resources in conservation camps. According to Phyllis Day (2009), they were sent away to these camps and were given room and board. On top of room and board, they would receive thirty dollars a month, but sent twenty-five back to their family at home. This program was later terminated in 1942, because it was believe to be crucial to young