New Deal

Bank Holiday

Mar 6, 1933

Relief, First New Deal
FDR freezes the Banks to stop the withdrawal of money.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 31, 1933

Relief, First New Deal
Employed a bunch of unemployed people to improve public locations and build new ones like hospitals, schools, and airports.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

May 12, 1933

Relief, First New Deal
Government pays farmers to reduce the amount of crops coming out of farms. Artificially manipulates demand.

Tennessee Valley Authority

May 18, 1933

Relief, First New Deal
Creates hydroelectric dams and supplies power to the South.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Jun 6, 1934

Recovery/Reform, First New Deal
Regulated the stock market to ensure the possibility of a crash never occured again while also building back the demolished stock market.

Works Progress Administration

May 6, 1935

Recovery, Second New Deal
Gave millions of jobs to unemployed workers to stimulate the economy and grow America back up again through investment in public works.

Wagner Act and National Labor Relations Board

Jul 5, 1935

Reform, Second New Deal
Allows workers to finally be legally protected to join unions and bargain for higher wages.

Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

Reform, Second New Deal
Designed to give elderly and the disabled a chance to retire and receive government subsidies for all of their hard work over the years.

FDR's Supreme Court Packing Plan

Feb 5, 1937

Reform, Second New Deal
Proposed plan to pack the Supreme Court with more agreeable justices in order to get more New Deal reforms passed.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Jun 25, 1938

Reform, Second New Deal
Gave a variety of new rights to workers including minimum wage to reward and build up on the back of the hard work of American laborers.