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Relief. Allowed banks to close to relive them from mass withdrawals. Declared a bank holiday as many people were very concerned about bank failures which led to bank runs. This slowed down the bank runs and slowed panic.
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Done to help farmers through destroying surpluses and limiting production to raise prices on food. It also helped arrange favorable mortgages for farmers. Recovery.
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Reform. To provide economic development namely electricity and other power services to Tennessee and 6 surrounding states who’s rural areas were ignored or underserved.
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Relief. It was an emergency relief to alleviate homeowner debts and mortgages and to help with refinancing and amortization.
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Reform. This act separated investment banking and commercial banking to prevent another depression. It also created an agency to enforce these provisions.
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Reform. Made to prevent erosion and other soil degradation in order to never allow something like The Dust Bowl from happening again. Encourage crop rotation.
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To resettle poor families in urban or rural areas, administer projects addressing environmental problems and to make loans to farmers for land or equipment
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Recovery. Created to construct infrastructure using the labor of the unemployed as well as supporting art and theatre works by buying their work and various other aid.
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Reform. Made unionization of workers permanently legal as well as securing better labor and management relations by allowing for such things as self-organization of strikes. This greatly improved worker relations and made it easier for workers to get fair labor rights.
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Reform. Created an old-age pension, unemployment benefits, aid to dependent children, maternal and child support and various other services. These services greatly reduced the impact of future recessions and gave many old people a way to retire.
