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The New Deal

Directions: Organize the New Deal programs below into the correct section of the chart.

Relief / Recovery / Reform

New Deal Legislation

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) 1933): an agency established as part of the New Deal, which put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion-control and flood-control projects.

Social Security Act (1935):a law enacted to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children. It gave old age insurance for retirees 65 and older, a payment system for unemployed Americans, all paid for by taxes.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 1934: gave government insured loans for building, purchasing and repairing homes.

F.D.I.C.: An agency created in 1933 to insure individuals’ bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (F.D.I.C.) protected bank deposits up to $5,000. Today they are protected up to $100,000.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)1933: a federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods

Public Works Administration(PWA) 1933: created jobs on Government projects

First & Second Agricultural Acts (AAA) 1933: Laws enacted to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production.

Securities Exchange Act (1934): Monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) 1935: quickly created as many jobs as possible – from construction jobs to jobs in symphony orchestras

Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Board) 1935: defined unfair labor practices and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees (called collective bargaining).

Fair Labor Standards Act (1938): established a minimum wage and a maximum number of hours in a workweek for the entire country. Set rules for the employment of workers under 16 and banned hazardous factory work for those under 18.

Critical Thinking Questions

  1. How did FDR change the role of the federal government during his presidency?
  1. Of the New Deal programs discussed, which do you consider the most important? Why?
  1. Why do you think that some Americans opposed the New Deal?