Franklin Roseevelt: "The New Deal"

  • Franklin Roseevelt elected President

    Franklin Roseevelt elected President

  • First New Deal legislation passes

    First New Deal legislation passes

  • Farm Credit Administration

    Farm Credit Administration

    today Low interest mortgages for farm owners
  • Glass-Steagall Act

    Glass-Steagall Act

    Regulate investment banking
  • Federal Emergency Relief Act

    Federal Emergency Relief Act

    Direct monetary relief to poor unemployed Americans
  • Indian Reorganization Act

    Indian Reorganization Act

    Abandoned federal policy of assimilation
  • Securities Act of 1933

    Securities Act of 1933

    today Created SEC; regulates stock transactions
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority

    Regional development program; brought electrification to
    the valley
  • Period: to

    Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    Farm program designed to raise process by curtailing
    production
  • Period: to

    Civil Works Administration

    Temporary job relief program
  • Period: to

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    Employed young men to work in rural areas
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    Resettlement Administration

    Resettles poor tenant farmers
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    Homeowners Loan Corporation

    Government mortgages that allowed people to keep their
    homes
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    Public Works Administration

    Large public works projects
  • Southern Tenant Farmers Union organizes

    Southern Tenant Farmers Union organizes

  • Supreme Court strikes down key elements of the New Deal

    Supreme Court strikes down key elements of the New Deal

    Second New Deal begins
  • Roseevelt re-elected in a landslide

    Roseevelt re-elected in a landslide

  • Fair Labor Standards Act passes

    U.S encounters recession when goverment spending is curtailed