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Provided electricity to rural communities and gave jobs to young men. This allowed people in the south to have access to electricity which they needed. This was recovery as it provided people opportunities to work. -
The government would pay farmers to reduce crop supply to increase crop price as supply lowered. The government helped subsidize the farmers and paid them to do this to restore purchasing power back to WW1 levels. It was part of the first deal and was a relief program as it paid people in the moment. -
Gave money out to poor people and redirected state funds to help them. This help provided much needed help to poorer people during this time. This was a relief because it paid them directly and instantly. -
It created a bank holiday that closed banks. This made it to where people couldn’t take out money out of the bank. This was to helped create more trust in the banking system. It was part of the reform as it wanted to change the way the banking system was. -
The government paid unemployed young men to work on things like planting trees and building parks. This gave young men a purpose and a source of steady income for them and their families. it was part of the first deal and a recovery process because it gave people opportunity. -
The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act{/b}), the Banking Act of 1935, and the Public Utility Holding Company Act{/b} were passed, alongside the establishment of the {b}National Youth Administration{/b} and the {b}Rural Electrification Administration{/b}. These were passed throughout 1935. -
The {b}Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act{/b} was passed to replace the unconstitutional Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933{/b}. -
The {b}Emergency Relief Appropriation Act{/b} was signed, providing funding for the new Works Progress Administration (WPA){/b}. Roosevelt called for a five-part plan including a national work relief program to replace direct relief efforts. -
The {b}Social Security Act{/b} was enacted, establishing a system of unemployment benefits, retirement pensions for the elderly, and aid for disabled people and dependent mothers. -
A significant economic downturn caused by a curtailment of government spending prompted FDR to support another spending program.
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The {b}Fair Labor Standards Act{/b} was enacted, establishing a federal minimum wage, a maximum 40-hour work week, and restrictions on child labor.
By this year, the Second New Deal was beginning to draw to a close as opposition grew in Congress, and the New Deal's overall impact was ending as attention shifted towards World War II.