A 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.

1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected 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 activity in support of their demands.

Responding to the setbacks in the Court, a new skepticism in Congress, and the growing popular clamor for more dramatic action, FDR proposed or endorsed several important new initiatives that were more liberal and more controversial than earlier New Deal initiatives such as social security.

guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health

FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women

As senator in 1932 of Louisiana preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs. It was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money Long proposed to give every American family a comfortable income, etc. "Kingfish"

FDR tried to appoint supreme court officials that supported his plans in order to pass more bills. The plan failed.

series of laws passed by Congress in 1935 that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war

The movement to form labor organizations that represent every worker in a single industry, regardless of his or her level of skill.

The US government and President Roosevelt created this to provide jobs during the depression

The set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Immediately after FDR took office, Congress followed Roosevelt's lead by passing an incredible fifteen separate bills which, together, formed the basis of the New Deal.

Est. 1933. Provided employment for unmarried men between ages 17 and 23. These young men worked in national parks installing electrical lines, building fire towers, and planting trees in deforested areas. Eleanor Roosevelt led efforts to have women included in the CCC.

Passed in 1933, this act approved government loans to farmers and paid farmers not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products.

Established in 1933 under the Federal Reserve Act to insure bank deposits up to 100,000.00 in case of bank failure. This issuance was intended to prevent people from withdrawing their money from banks out of panic.

Passed in 1933, this law sought to bolster industrial prices and prevent U.S. business failures. One part of the NIRA was the Public Works Administration (WPA). The PWA launched a number of public works such as the construction of dams, highways, and bridges. PWA projects provided much needed jobs for citizens.

Also known as the "Wagner Act," passed in 1935, this law created a board to monitor unfair management practices such as firing workers for joining labor unions. NLRA protested the rights of workers in the private sector to organize unions, bargain collectively, and go on strike. This act demonstrated a huge shift by the federal government towards supporting the rights of workers and made Roosevelt (FDR) extremely popular among unions and their leaders.

Passed in 1935, this act established a retirement income for all workers once they reached the age of 65. The Social Security Act is the only New Deal program still in effect today.

This law raised taxes on those making above 50,000.00 a year as well as corporate and estate taxes. It won favor of those on the left (Liberal/Loose/Left) and was nicknamed the "soak the rich tax."

The New Deal, as did Federal programs, tended to benefit white males because they were typically the bread winners of their families. Federal programs allowed businesses to pay women less and did nothing to regulate the domestic sector of the economy that was predominantly women/minority.

U.S. government agency established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to stimulate business recovery through fair-practice codes during the Great Depression.