APUSH Timeline, Falak Yogeeta

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  • Stock Market Crash

    A sudden and catastrophic decline in stock prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression.

  • FDR's First 100 Days

    He took many quick legislative actions to address the Great Depression. These were many programs and laws that were called the New Deal.
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    This was a relief effort during the First New Deal. They employed two million young unmarried men for public work projects and paid their families monthly salaries.
  • The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

    This was a relief effort during the First New Deal. The government provided funds for soup kitchens and other resources for the homeless and jobless.
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    This was a relief effort in the First New Deal. They hired thousands of people in the Tennessee Valley to build dams, operate electric power plants, control flooding and erosion, and manufacture fertilizer. Aside from jobs, it also provided power, more specifically cheap power, to the South.
  • Public Works Administration (PWA)

    Public Works Administration (PWA)

    First New Deal program that employed Americans in large-scale public infrastructure projects like the Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge, and more. It was mainly relief.

  • Securities Exchange Commission

    A First New Deal act created to regulate the stock market and prevent another crash. It regulated securities exchanges and ensured honest dealing.
  • Works Progress Administration (WPA)

    Works Progress Administration (WPA)

    This was part of the Second new deal. Congress gave $5 billion to employ people that build 850 airports, 651k miles of road, and 110k libraries, schools, and hospitals. This was mainly for relief.

  • Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

    Second New Deal act that provided federal loans for electrical systems in rural areas. Its main purpose was to bring electricity to isolated rural communities. This was reform.
  • National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act

    National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act

    This was a reform effort during the Second New Deal. Replacing the previously declared unconstitutional National Industrial Recovery Act, the Wagner Act guaranteed a worker's right to join a union and a union's right to bargain collectively.
  • Social Security Act (SSA)

    Social Security Act (SSA)

    A Second New Deal Program that created programs for old-age benefits, unemployment compensation, and aid to vulnerable people like the blind, dependent children, and the disabled. Basically money was taken out of people's paychecks and then given back when they were retired. It was mostly reform.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

    A Second New Deal act that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards. This was mostly for reform.