FDR's New Deal By: Aubane and Sirad
by Aubane Goyet
1. FDR
2. National Recovery Administration (NRA)
2.1. Created standards for production, set wages and prices for certain industries.
3. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
3.1. Gave relief to those in need...food, shelter, blankets, etc.
4. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
4.1. Build bridges, Skyline drive, planted trees, work on national parks. Run by the U.S. Army and recruited young men.
5. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
5.1. Banned child labor, set a minimum wage, set maximum workweek hours.
6. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
6.1. Pay farmers to NOT grow crops. Reduce overproduction. This includes livestock.
7. Taxing the rich
8. Taxing big buissness
9. Regulating the economy
10. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
10.1. Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, airports. Employed artists, writers and musicians.
11. Public Works Administration (PWA)
11.1. Built ports, schools, aircraft carriers, etc.
12. Social Security Act/Administration
12.1. Pension system for people upon retirement. Unemployment benefits, money for people who are disabled and unable to work, benefits for children
13. Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
13.1. Allows workers to form unions and collectively bargain
14. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
14.1. Build dams, schools, etc in this geographic region hard hit.
15. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
15.1. To insure that depositors at a bank do not lose all their money in a bank failure. Money is guaranteed by the U.S. government.