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First New Deal
Immediate relief to the people from the Great Depression -
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National Recovery Administration
Primary New Deal agency. Goal is to stimulate industry by bring industry, labor, and government together. Looked to establish fair practices in business. Set prices on goods. Declared unconstitutional in June 1935. -
FDR's Inaugeration
Frankin Roosevelt sworn in as 32nd president of the United States -
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The First Hundred Days
FDR implements fifteen new acts in the first 100 days of office to help combat the Depression; for example, the Emergency Banking Act, the Glass-Steagall Act, the Public Words Administration, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the Cilvilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and declared a bank holiday. -
Bank holiday
FDR implements a bank holiday that last 4 days -
Emergency Banking Act
Allowed only federal reserve banks to operate in the United States -
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Provided jobs for unemployed, unmarried men, aged from 18-25 years old. They performed public works and enviornmental jobs. -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Stimulate agriculture in the US -
Public Works Administration
Provided public works projects to create jobs and stimulate industry -
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The Second New Deal
Second set of acts and administrations created by FDR to ease the effecs of the Great Depression -
Works Progress Administration
Employed the unemployed to carry out public works projects. Employed artists, actors, and writers. -
Wagner Act
Guarenteed rights for employes. Allowed from them to create unions. Created the National Labor Relations Board. -
Social Security Act
Created social security system in the United States to give benefits to retirees and the unecmployed -
Housing Act of 1937
Designed to lend money to states or communities to build homes and helped improve the quality of life in cities
