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New Deal Reforms
Acts and Organizations by FDR
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Purpose of the New Deal | to combat the Depression |
| Brain Trust | the name given to the team who would help FDR create the New Deal; consisted of both Republicans and Democrats |
| Fireside Chats | radio speeches delivered to American people by FDR on a variety of topics |
| First New Deal | 15 bills proposed by Roosevelt and passed by congress during his first hundred days |
| Goals of First New Deal | relief, reform, recovery |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | insured bank deposits up to $5,000; helped restore confidence in the economy |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices (government paid farmers to not plant crops and to kill off extra livestock) |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | built a series of dams in the Tennessee River Valley to control floods and generate electric power. Also replanted forests, built fertilizer plants, and created jobs |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | provided jobs for young men planting forests, fighting fires, building trails, and digging irrigation ditches |
| National Recovery Administration (NRA) | worked with business and labor leaders to establish codes of fair competition to govern whole industries (these codes would increase worker's wages and raise prices so companies could profit) |
| Public Works Administration (PWA) | built bridges, dams, power plants, and government buildings and created millions of new jobs |
| Second New Deal | designed for Federal government to "promote the general welfare" and intervene to protect citizens' rights |
| 2nd New Deal addressed problems such as... | the elderly, the poor, the unemployed, farmers, and workers' rights |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | created by congress in the spring of 1935 to provide jobs for those who needed them and improve the nation's infrastructure; also created to provide as many as 10 million jobs for men, women, and youths in building projects |
| Social Security Act (1935) | provided a pension system for retirees as well as unemployment insurance for those who had lost their jobs; also created insurance for workers who were victims of on-the-job accidents and gave aid to mothers, children, and disabled (most popular of new de |
| Rural Electrification Administration (REA) | brought electricity into isolated rural areas, by 1950 about 80% of farms had electricity |
| National Labor Relations Act (Wagner's Act) | outlawed unfair labor practices; granted workers the right to organize unions and to bargain collectively |
| Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) | banned child labor, established a minimum hourly wage, and set the work week at 44 hours |
| National Youth Administration (NYA) | trained and provided jobs and counseling for unemployed youth between the ages of 16 and 25 |
| Court Packing | adding justices to the Supreme Court who would more likely rule in favor of FDR's New Deal policies |
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