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First New Deal: A program created to help employ young men with public work projects, allowing them to earn money to provide for their families. They were paid about 35$ a month for working on projects such as parks and reforestation. (Relief) -
First New Deal: Raised farm income/crop prices by cutting production in livestock and crops. Subsidized farmers to make up for cutting production; tax on grain mills and other processors established to fund the subsidies. (Recovery) -
First New Deal: Created to help stabilize real estate that depreciated during the depression and to refinance the urban mortgage debt. It granted long-term mortgage loans to some 1 million homeowners facing the loss of their property. (Relief) -
First New Deal: This insured bank deposits up to $5000. Established faith in the banks and allowed them to reopen along with managing failed banks. (Reform) -
First New Deal: Created to eliminate cutthroat competition by bringing industry, labor, and government together to set prices and create rules of fair practice. It was intended for industrial recovery and unemployment relief. (Recovery) -
First New Deal: Created to enforce new regulations on stock purchases to prevent another market crash. The primary purpose is to enforce the law against market manipulation. (Reform) -
Second New Deal: A relief administrator in New York, Harry Hopkins, provided work instead of handouts, employing 8 million Americans. These newly employed Americans helped construct bridges, roads, and public facilities. (Recovery) -
Second New Deal: Focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25 who had finished school and were unemployed to work and develop skills that they could use to continue working once they finished the program. Their work ranged from building bridges, schools, and furniture for schools and other places. (Reform) -
Second New Deal: An independent agency of the federal government of the US with responsibilities for enforcing US labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Led to increased bargaining rights for unions, increased unionization. (Reform) -
Second New Deal: The Federal Writers' Project was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. Provided employment for historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. (Recovery) -
Second New Deal: Created a system of pensions and unemployment insurance for workers. Paid for taxes taken from their employers and their paychecks. This Act ensured social welfare for the future and guaranteed benefits for victims of industrial accidents or disabled persons and their families. (Reform) -
Second New Deal: Resettled poor farmers on more productive land, promoted soil conservation, providing emergency relief, and loaned money to help farmers buy and improve farms. It built experimental rural communities, suburban "Greenbelt towns" and sanitary camps for immigrant fark workers. (Recovery)