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National Industrial Recovery Act (Recovery) 1st
Authorized the President to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act (Relief) 1st
The Emergency Banking Act was an attempt to stabilize the banking system. This act authorized the federal government to regulate and control aspects of the banking system, and it also rescued failing banks with loans. -
Civilian Conservation Corps (Relief) 1st
Helped unemployed, unmarried men. Originally for young men ages 18–25, it was eventually expanded to ages 17–28. -
Civil Works Administration (Recovery) 1st
Was created to rapidly create mostly manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. -
Works Progress Administration (Relief) 1st
Employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. -
Resettlement Administration (Relief) 2nd
It relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government -
Wagner Act (Relief) 2nd
Guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. -
Social Security Act (Relief) 2nd
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. -
Soil Conservation Act (Relief) 2nd
Allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion. -
Fair Labor Standards Act (Recovery) 2nd
Establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, record keeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.
