-
Period: to
1st New Deal Policies
-
Emergency Banking Relief Act
The purpose of the was to authorize the emergency action of the government to regulate and sustain banks through loans and laws. This also provided the President with more power in controlling the countries economy. -
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Provided job Opportunities targeted at young single men. Originally men 18-25 years of age, but it expanded to 17-28. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Intended to boost agricultural prices by reducing the amounts of surplus. -
Creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
A Federally owned corporation intended to provide, navigation, flood control, electrical power, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development. -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
An agency with the purpose of protecting investors from dangerous or illegal practices or fraud. -
Homeowners Refinancing Act (HOLC)
A legislation passed in order to provide assistance to those who were losing their homes due to bankruptcy. They would either provide them with money or refinance their mortgages. -
Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act (FDIC)
A Federal organization that guaranteed a specific amount of checking and savings for its member banks. -
Period: to
2nd New Deal Policies
-
Resettlement Administration
Relocated struggling urban and rural communities. -
Wagner Act(NLRB)
To ensure workers ¨the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection.¨ In other words it legalized and protected unions. -
Social Security Act
It provided a system of benefits for over age or disabled workers and unemployment aid. This was paid for with taxes. -
Soil Conservation Act
Laws maintaining proper soil maintenance in order to avoid another dust bowl. -
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Provided Child Labor Standards, and other laws protecting full time and part time workers in all sectors. Including lower hours and higher pay, particularly among government workers.
