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Resettlement Administration
Roosevelt created the Resettlement Administration with executive order, under authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The RA is created to resettle destitute Americans, address environmental issues, and make loans to farmers. Reform -
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is a foundational statute of United States labor law that guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. Central to the act was a ban on company unions. Reform -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic program. Recover -
The Banking Act of 1935
The Banking Act of 1935 gave the Board of Governors control over other tools of monetary policy. The act authorized the Board to set reserve requirements and interest rates for deposits at member banks.The act also provided the Board with additional authority over discount rates in each Federal Reserve district. Reform -
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a program established by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration. Reform -
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. Recover -
Rural Electrification Act of 1936
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States. The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, hundreds of which still exist today. Reform -
Robinson-Patman Act
The Robinson–Patman Act of 1936 is a United States federal law that prohibits anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price discrimination. It was designed to protect small retail shops against competition from chain stores by fixing a minimum price for retail products. Recover -
Bureau of Public Roads
When the New Deal began, the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was an existing federal agency that had been created in 1918, with several predecessor agencies dating back to 1893. It built roads in national parks and forests, assisted states with road construction, helped beautify highways, and conducted various transportation studies. The agency was lodged within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Reform -
Second Term as President
The presidential election of 1936 between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred Landon of Kansas was the most lopsided presidential election in U.S. history in terms of electoral votes. Relief