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The Emergency Banking Relief Act was quickly enacted by Congress to allow the reopening of individual banks after they had been seen by examiners and found to be financially secure. -
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The law offered farmers grants in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. This was meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase. -
This act established the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), a grant-making agency authorized to distribute federal aid to the states for relief. FERA had distributed over $3.1 billion and employed more than 20 million people. -
The Securities Act of 1933 was the first federal legislation used to regulate the stock market. The act took power away from the states and put it into the hands of the federal government. The act also created a uniform set of rules to protect investors against fraud. -
This act established the National Recovery Administration, which supervised fair trade codes and guaranteed workers a right to collective bargaining. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was enacted by Congress in June 1933 -
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency, that employed millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. -
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. -
The Social Security Act 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. -
The Revenue Act of 1935 raised federal income tax on higher income levels, by introducing the "Wealth Tax". It was a progressive tax that took up to 75 percent of the highest incomes -
This organization was formed to encourage the AFL to organize workers in mass production industries along industrial union lines.