New Deal

  • Emergency Banking Relief Act (first new deal)

    This act was passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system. Relief
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Act (first new deal)

    Civilian Conservation Corps Act (first new deal)

    This act recruited unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields. Relief.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act (first new deal)

    A federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. Relief
  • Federal Emergency Relief Act (first new deal)

    Federal Emergency Relief Act (first new deal)

    This is a grant-making agency authorized to distribute federal aid to the states for relief. Relief
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Act (first new deal)

    Tennessee Valley Authority Act (first new deal)

    This was created to oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee Valley basin. Recovery.
  • National Industrial Recovery Act (first new deal)

    This was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the 73rd US Congress to authorize the President to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery. Recover.
  • Emergency Relief Appropriations Act (second new deal)

    Emergency Relief Appropriations Act (second new deal)

    This was an amendment to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act which was signed on January 22, 1932. It created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which released funds for public works projects across the country. Relief.
  • Works Progress Administration (second new deal)

    This administration employed millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. Recovery/ Relief.
  • National Labor Relations Act (second new deal)

    National Labor Relations Act (second new deal)

    This was created to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. Reform.
  • Social Security Act (second new deal)

    Social Security Act (second new deal)

    This act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. Relief.
  • The Banking Act of 1935 (second new deal)

    This act authorized the Board to set reserve requirements and interest rates for deposits at member banks. The act also provided the Board with additional authority over discount rates in each Federal Reserve district. Relief/ Recovery
  • Rural Electrification Administration (second new deal)

    Rural Electrification Administration (second new deal)

    This act provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States. Recovery/relief/reform.