New Deal

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    Timeline of First and Second New Deal

  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    As part of the First New Deal, the Federal Government paid unemployed, single, young men to work on construction projects to restore jobs. It gave more people working jobs. This was a recovery plan to give people more jobs and fix unemployment rates.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    The AAA was established during the First New Deal. It's goal was to help the farmers after the price of crops dropped significantly following the end of WWI. It aided farmers by paying them to produce less, and in turn increase supply and demand. This was part of Recovery, to stabilize agriculture production.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority

    It was created during the First New Deal to provide new jobs and electricity to the Southern states. Gave power and jobs to people in the south using hydroelectric power plants. This was part of recovery to make jobs, and help industrialize the south.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

    This was part of the First New Deal. It helped to stabilize the banks by providing deposit insurance, and restore public confidence in the banks. It helped prevent people from losing all of their money after the Great Depression. It was a program to help recovery because it was a program to give people insurance on their money in the bank and prevent further economic disasters.
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act

    The Social Security Act was introduced on August 14, 1935 under the second new deal. It created a fund to provide for old age pensions, disabilities, and unemployment compensation. This was funded via payroll tax on workers and employers. This proved to be a reform effort as it aimed to fix the long-term diffuse of the old age not having economic security and retirement funds.
  • Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

    Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

    The FHA was established during the First New Deal. It helped to protect people from losing their homes from loans. It made it so more people could have affordable housing, and help provide loans to more people. It was part of recovery to provide more people with accessible housing and loans.
  • Work Progress Administration

    Work Progress Administration

    The Works Progress Administration was estal;ished on May 6, 1935 under the Second New Deal. The purpose of the WPA was to employ people until the economy recovered. It did so by establishing a national work relief program through large scale public work projects. The WPA also enabled the National Youth Administration which provided work and education for Americans. This was a recovery effort as it provided jobs to the unemployed with the goal of raising the economy up from the depression.
  • National Labor Relations Act

    The National Labor Relations act was introduced on July 5, 1935 under the Second New Deal. This Act guaranteed the right to join and form an independent labor union and collective bargaining. This proved to be a reform effort as it was passed with the goal of reducing the stigma and limiting factors on being in an independent labor union for Americans.
  • FDR’s SUpreme Packing Plan

    On February 5, 1937 FDR’s supreme pacing plan was established under the Second New Deal. This plan was to expand the membership of the supreme court as the law would add one new justice to the court for each justice over the age of 70 with a maximum of six additional judges. This was a reform effort as it sought to increase and alter the membership of the supreme court from what it was once.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    The Fair Labor Standards Act was established on May 24, 1928 under the Second New Deal. This act provided child labor laws, the right to a minimum wage, and guaranteed pay for overtime which was classified as over 40 hours per week. This was a reform effort as the goal of this act was to improve working conditions for the working class and reduce exploitation of workers.