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New Deal Acts
Acts from FDR's New Deal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Hundred Days | It was a relief measure to slow and reverse the effects of the Great Depression that the Hoover administration had neglected to fix. FDR focused on banking, financial industry, relief for the unemployed, and for people hurting in general. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | (FDIC) is a United States government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | AAA restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative stability again |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Act | TVA is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley. |
| Federal Securities Act | The 1933 Act has two basic objectives: to require that investors receive significant information concerning securities being offered for public sale to prohibit deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities to the public. |
| Glass-Steagall Banking Act | established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. |
| National Industrial Recovery Act and National Recovery Act | It authorized the President to regulate industry and permit cartels and monopolies in an attempt to stimulate economic recovery from the Great Depression, and established a national public works program. |
| Emergency Relief Appropriation Act and Works Progress Administration | t was a "large-scale public works program for the jobless" which included the Works Progress Administration[1]. It allocated $5 billion for this purpose. |
| Wagner Act (or National Labor Relations Act)- REFORM | law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of disconcerting activities in support of their demands. |
| Securities Exchange Act (1934) | law governing the secondary trading of securities (stocks, bonds, and debentures) in the United States of America. regulates the secondary trading of those securities between persons often unrelated to the issuer. |
| Social Security Act (1935) | t was a sweeping bill that generated an array of programs to aid numerous groups of Americans. The law got its title from the groundbreaking social insurance program designed to provide a steady income for retired workers aged 65 or older. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | The FLSA established a national minimum wage,[3] guaranteed time and a half for overtime in certain jobs,[4] and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor," a term defined in the statute. |
| "Fireside Chats" | The fireside chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by FDR between 1933 and 1944. He gave chats to American people reassuring them the nation was going to recover and shared his hopes and plans for the country. |
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