New Deal Programs

  • Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    This act provided payment to farmers to reduce their supply to stimulate their products' demand. This act was a recovery effort and a part of the First New Deal.
  • Emergency Banking Act

    This act authorized bank inspections, provided capital, and only allowed banks to repoen after the national "bank holiday." This would be a reform effort and was a part of the First New Deal.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    This act provided work for millions of unemployed and unmarried men, funded the reconstruction of rural areas, aided in reforestation, and built up the infrastructure of urban areas. This was mainly a relief effort and was a part of the First New Deal.
  • National Employment System Act (aka the Wagner Act)

    National Employment System Act (aka the Wagner Act)

    This act established a system of public employment offices to connect jobs with unempoyed people. This act would be a relief effort and a part of the First New Deal.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority

    This act employed people to build hydroelectric dams to advance the electricity in the South and provide new jobs. This would be a recovery effort and a part of the First New Deal.
  • Emergency Relief Appropriation Act

    This act provided billions of dollars to fund work relief programs and create jobs for millions of unemployed. This would be a relief effort and a part of the Second New Deal.
  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration

    This act established a national work relief program that employed the unempoyed until the economy recovered. This would be relief effort and a part of the Second New Deal.
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act

    This act created a fund to provide the elderly with permanent welfare and compensation (unemployment and disabilities). This would be a relief effort and a part of the Second New Deal.
  • Banking Act of 1935

    This act reorganized the federal reserve system by centralizing power in the Board of Governors and establishing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). This would be a reform effort and a part of the Second New Deal.
  • United States Housing Authority

    United States Housing Authority

    This was a federal agency that provided low cost public housing and lended money to impoverished communities for low-rent housing projects. This was a recovery effort and a part of the Second New Deal.