
New Deal Programs
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- Q1a Relief program for unemployed men who worked on jobs related to conservation and development of natural resourcesCivilian Conservation Corps30s
- Q2Reform Program which provided for Old-Age and survivors retirement insurance, unemployment insurance, and later medical benefits for the elderly and disabledSocial Security Act30s
- Q3RecoveryProgram (as well as jobs), it aimed at long-range recovery and spent $4 billion on thousands of projects that included ports, dams, public buildings, highways, and schools.Public Works Administration30s
- Q4A New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as jobs. ReformTennessee Valley Authority30s
- Q5Reform agency created to regulate and supervise the stock market and to punish fraud in stock trading.Securities and Exchange Commission30s
- Q6Relief Program in the Second New Deal, it provided jobs for millions of the unemployed in construction as well as in the arts (musicians, artists, writers).Works Progress Administration30s
- Q7Reform agency created to insure individuals' bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures and to prevent bank runsFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation30s
- Q8Recovery Program which brought electricity to farm families and others in rural areas where private power companies refused to service.Rural Electrification Act30s
- Q9gave the government power over the banks and set up a system by which banks would be reorganized or reopened; goal was to end bank runsEmergency Banking Relief Act30s
- Q10Relief Program which aimed to resettle very poor farmers on better land and unemployed workers in planned communities after the dust bowl, did not workResettlement Administration30s
- Q11Recovery; restricted crop production to reduce surplus (overproduction) and raise value of crops; farmers were paid subsidies by federal government. Declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1936Agricultural Adjustment Act30s
- Q12Reform Act. It established a national minimum wage, guaranteed extra pay for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most child labor. Still exists today.Fair Labor Standards Act30s
- Q13a new set of program including additional banking reforms, new tax laws, and new relief programs; meant to counter the Roosevelt RecessionSecond New Deal30s
- Q14Reform Act that guarantees workers the right to form unions and collective bargaining, still regulates labor-management relations (also known as the Wagner Act).National Labor Relations Act30s
- Q15Economic downturn in 1937 which happened when FDR tried to reduce government spending on relief and job programsRoosevelt Recession30s