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Civilian Conservation Corps
This was a public work relief program which provided 250,000 young men with reforestation and conservation tasks at work camps in order to help the surplus of workers from cities and let them reside in healthy conditions all while providing money for their families. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This act protected farmers from product surplus and low wages by boosting agricultural prices by buying excess livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to reduce production. -
Federal Emergency Relief Act
FERA distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to states to operate relief programs to alleviate household unemployment. FERA gave states and localities 3.1 billion dollars, provided work for over 20 million people, all while developing facilities on public land until it's end date in December, 1935. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
This federal government would build a series of dams under this act to prevent flooding, provide navigation, economic development and electricity to improve the quality of life in the region. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This act was created in response to the collapse of multiple American banks to secure bank deposits in eligible banks in case of a bank failure and to regulate banking practices. The insurance limit was $2,500, but has increased to $250,000. -
National Industrial Recovery Act
The NIRA would authorize the president to regulate industry for fair wages, fair competition, and prices which in turn would encourage economic recovery. It established the Public Works Administration. -
Public Works Administration
To provide employment, stabilize purchasing power and ecnomic recovery, the PWA employed many Americans with large scale public works projects with 3.3 billion dollars from Congress. The PWA spent over $6 billion in contracts to private construction firms. -
Civil Works Administration
This program was established to rapidly create manual labor jobs for the millions of unemployed people during 1933-1934's cruel winter. The CWA spent $200 million a month and provided jobs to four million people, but ended on March 31st, 1934. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
This agency was responsible for regulating stock market and restricting margin buying to prevent unfair practices. -
Works Progress Administration
The WPA employed 8.5 million workers in jobs, like construction, but it also provided performing arts jobs as well. -
National Youth Administration
This act focused on providing part-time employment and education for Americans between ages 16 and 25. College students were paid from $6 to $40 a month for work projects at school and 150,000 boys and girls from relief families were paid $10 to $25 a month. -
Wagner Act
This act allowed workers their basic rights to join trade unions and engage in collective bargaining for better work conditions. -
Social Security Act
This act provided for the general welfare by establishing pensions, unemployment insurance, as well as aid for the elderly, blind, deaf, disabled and dependent children. -
Rural Electrification Act
This program provided federal loans to encourage Americans to bring electricity to rural areas, like farmers to bring electricity to their farms. -
THESIS
The New Deal programs were created in response to the Great Depression in order to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to Americans. Through this timeline, people will come to an understanding of the programs put into law under FDR's presidency. -
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Feldmeth, Greg D. “New Deal Programs.” U.S. History Resources, 31 Mar. 1998, home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.newdeal.html.
