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New Deal Begins
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-35, in response to the Great Depression -
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FDR'S New Deal Timeline
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The Emergency Banking Act (EBA)
The EBA was an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system. It was part of FDRs first new deal and was part of the recovery system.This measure ordered a bank holiday, during which the federal government came to regulate large sectors of the financial sector. -
The Agricultural Adjustment Agency(AAA)
The AAA restricted crop production to reduce crop surplus; goal was to reduce surplus to raise value of crops; farmers paid subsidies by federal government; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in US vs Butler on January 6, 1936. It was part of the first new deal as a form of recovery -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
A New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as jobs. A relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil.(Part of the first new deal) -
The Public Works Administration (PWA)
Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act on June 16, 1933, the Public Works Administration (PWA) budgeted several billion dollars to be spent on the construction of public works as a means of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, improving public welfare, and contributing to a revival of American economy. It was part of the relief of the first new deal -
National Labor Relations Act
NLRA is a foundational statute of United States labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary -
National Youth Administration
The National Youth Administration was a New Deal agency sponsored by the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. -
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Created by the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act it was created in the 1930's by congressman Wagner who was sympathetic to labor unions. The National Labor Relation Board was an administrative board that gave laborers the rights of self-organization and collective bargaining.;, an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions. It was part of the reform of the new deal -
Social Security Act
On August 14, 1935, 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
The Revenue Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 1014 (Aug. 30, 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. It was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
