The New Deal

By ChanseP
  • First New Deal: Emergency Banking Relief Act

    First New Deal: Emergency Banking Relief Act

    This reform act closed the banks for an indefinite amount of time in order to stop the panic, and pass more reform bills
  • First New Deal: Beer-Wine Revenue Act

    First New Deal: Beer-Wine Revenue Act

    This reform bill repealed prohibition, and allowed for alcohol up to 3.4% to be sold and taxed. This act was a big payer in helping fund later agencies and acts in the future.
  • First New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corps Act

    First New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corps Act

    This relief act gave young men jobs, a monthly salary, and food with shelter in exchange for the maintenance of public lands. This act resulted in millions of trees planted, roads built, and more than 3 million people who benefited.
  • First New Deal: Federal Emergency Relief Act

    First New Deal: Federal Emergency Relief Act

    This relief act allowed Roosevelt to give $500 million directly to the people. This supplied 4-5 million homes with $30 a month, and was given to the hungry. The act also created jobs.
  • First New Deal: Securities Act

    First New Deal: Securities Act

    This reform act required corporations to register securities with the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraudulent issues.
  • Second New Deal: Works Progress Administration

    Second New Deal: Works Progress Administration

    This relief agency helped established several agencies that focused on young people and minorities. It accounted for 7% of the US workforce and employed 13 million people by 1943.

  • Second New Deal: One Federal Project

    This reform project established libraries, and employed people to collect stories and write state guide books.
  • Second New Deal: National Labor Relations Act

    Second New Deal: National Labor Relations Act

    This reform act guaranteed workers the right to bargain collectively with their employers, and prevented employees from being fired after a strike.
  • Second New Deal: Social Security Act

    Second New Deal: Social Security Act

    This relief act was designed to lower the poverty level of the elderly. It pays unemployment insurance and money to dependent mothers and children. The act also resulted in the Federal Government creating a system that guaranteed pensions to millions of elderly.

  • Second New Deal: Fair Labor. Standards Act

    This reform act established a national minimum wage, maximum hours, and banned child labor.