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First New Deal
The First New Deal was a series of government programs through 1933 to to 1934 to provide relief for Americans affected by the Great Depression. -
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The CCC was a relief effort that gave jobs to unemployed, unmarried men, from ages 17 to 28 years old. The jobs usually related to environmental conservation. The CCC also provided housing, food and clothing, and provided the men with 30 dollars a month. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
The AAA was a recovery act where farmers were payed subsidies to destroy excess crops and livestock to reduce the surplus of crops, thus raising their prices. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The TVA was a recovery effort meant to provide economic support and development in the Tennessee Valley, which was hit particulalry hard by the Great Depression. The TVA built dams in the Tennessee River Valley, providing flood control and cheap hydoelectric power. -
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
The FERA was a relief effort that provided money to the states, half of which was used to help bankrupt states and local governments, and the other half went directly to the people to provide economic relief. -
National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA)
The NRA was a recovery effort; a law passed that allowed FDR to establish economic codes that were meant to eliminate unfair trade practices, set minimum wages, set maximum working hours, and to reduce overall unemployment. -
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Second New Deal
The Second New Deal was the second half of the New Deal distinguished by historians. -
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The WPA was a recovery effort that employed a significant amount of unemployed men, usually including jobs constructing public works, such as schools and roads. -
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA/ Wagner Act)
The NLRA was a reform effort that gave workers the right to organize into trade unions, go on strike, and to fight for better work conditions. -
Social Security Act (SSA)
The SSA was a reform effort that established the Social Security system used today that provides economic benefits after retirement, economic benefit for a widow of someone covered by Social Security, and economic benefits for the children of a retired or deceased person covered by Social Security. -
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act was a reform effort that established laws that mandated that you maintain your soil properly as to prevent erosion and potentially another dust bowl. -
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
The FSA was a relief effort that attempted to the living standards of farmers, sharecroppers, and tenants. The FSA also bought poor land from poverished farmers and relocated them to group farms on more effective land.
