New Deal Policies

  • Emergency Banking Relief Act

    Emergency Banking Relief Act
    The purpose of the Emergency Banking relief Act was to authorize the federal government to control the banking systems and rescue previously failing banks.
    **Relief
    *First Act
  • Civilian Conservation Corp

    Civilian Conservation Corp
    The purpose of the Conservation Corp was to provide jobs thousands of Americans and had mainly helped the unemployed, unmarried men of the United States.

    **Recovery
    *First Act
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    It was designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers not to plant on their part of land
    **Recovery
    *First New Deal
  • National Industrial Recovery Act

    National Industrial Recovery Act
    It was a United States labor law that was passed by the congress to authorize the President to regulate industry. Overall this would help the economy.
    **Recovery
    *First New Deal
  • Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act

    Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
    This act purpose was to separate commercial and investment banking into four different sections. This had also prevented federal reserve banks from dealing non governmental security to their people
    **Reform
    *First New Deal
  • Civil Works Administration

    Civil Works Administration
    This was a short lived job creation program establishment to rapidly create manual labor jobs for unemployed workers.
    **Relief
    *First New Deal
  • Resettlement Administration

    Resettlement Administration
    A New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government
    **Relief
    *Second New Deal
  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration
    The works progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads
    **Reform
    *Second New Deal
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act
    The Wagner Act guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions
    **Recovery
    *Second New Deal
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act
    The Social Security Act created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment
    **Reform
    *Second New Deal
  • Soil Conservation Act

    Soil Conservation Act
    The Soil Conservation Act allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production to help prevent soil erosion
    **Reform
    *Second New Deal
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act
    The Fair Labor Standards Act created a minimum wage, overtime pay, and prohibits ”oppressive child labor”
    **Recovery
    *Second New Deal