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New Deal is in effect
The New Deal was the policies and programs that Franklin Roosevelt initiated to combat the Great Depression. The New Deal represented a dramatic expansion of the role of government in American Society. -
Emergency Banking Act is created
A New Deal executive order that shut down banks for several days to calm widespread panic during the Great Depression. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) is created
A New Deal act that raised prices for farm produce by paying farmers subsidies to reduce production. Large farmers reaped most of the benefits from the act. It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1936. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is in effect
This was a New Deal agency that brought low-cost electricity to rural Americans and redeveloped the Tennessee River valley through flood-control projects. The agency built, owned, and supervised a number of power plants and dams. -
Glass-Steagall Act is signed
A New Deal legislation that allowed solvent banks to reopen, and it also created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). -
Public Works Administration (PWA) is created
This was a New Deal administration created to oversee the rebuilding of America's infrastructure, such as roads, schools, and libraries. -
Twenty-First Amendment is signed
This amendment repealed prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment. -
Indian Reorganization Act is signed
Act that ended the Dawes Act, authorized self-government for those living on reservations, extended tribal landholdings, and pledged to uphold native customs and language. -
Social Security Act is signed
This was a landmark act that created retirement pensions for most Americans, as well as unemployment insurance. -
Sit-Down Strike takes place
A strike in which workers occupy their place of employment. In 1937 the United Auto Workers conducted sit-down strikes in Flint, Michigan against General Motors to gain union recognition, higher wages, and better working conditions. The union won its demand. The following date is the start date of the Flint sit down strike. -
Court-Packing Plan is proposed
This was a proposal of Franklin Roosevelt to increase the size of the supreme court and reduce its opposition to New Deal legislation. Congress failed to pass the measure, and the scheme undermined Roosevelt's popular support. -
Fair Labor Standards Act is signed
A law that provided a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour and a forty-hour workweek for employees in businesses engaged in interstate commerce.