FDR first 100 day policies

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  • Emergency Banking Act (FR)

    Granted the president, the comptroller of the currency, and the secretary of the treasury broader regulatory authority over the nation's banking system.

  • Government Economy Act (FR)

    It cut $400 million from federal payments to veterans and $100 million from the payroll of federal employees, in order to reduce the government deficit

  • Creation of Civilian conservation Corps (J&R)

    established to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression by providing national conservation work primarily for young unmarried men

  • Abandonment of the Gold Standard (FR)

  • Agricultural Adjustment Act (RR)

    helped farmers by raising the prices of crops and paying them for land not used

  • Emergency Farm Mortgage Act (RR)

    attempted to save the farms of individuals delinquent on their loans by extending repayment schedules and offering emergency financing.

  • Federal Emergency Relief Act (J&R)

    The act established the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, a grant-making agency authorized to distribute federal aid to the states for relief.

  • Tennessee Valley Authority Act (RR)

    oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee Valley basi

  • Securities Act (FR)

    created and passed into law to protect investors after the stock market crash of 1929

  • Abrogation of gold clauses in public and private contracts (FR)

  • Homeowners Loan Act (FR)

    established a corporation that refinanced one of every five mortgages on urban private residences.

  • Glass Steagall Act (FR)

    effectively separated commercial banking from investment banking and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • National Industrial Recovery Act (J&R)

    authorized the President to regulate the industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery.

  • Farm Credit Act (RR)

    established the Farm Credit System as a group of cooperative lending institutions to provide short-, intermediate-, and long-term loans for agricultural purposes

  • Emergency Railroad Transportation Act (J&R)

    aimed to stabilize the railroad industry during the Great Depression by establishing a National Railroad Adjustment Board to settle labour disputes and granting federal oversight to coordinate and regulate railroad operations.