New Deal

:Alternative meaning: New Deal (United Kingdom)

A list of New Deal programs

The New Deal was composed of countless programs, labeled an "alphabet soup" by its detractors. Among the New Deal acts were the following, most of them passed within the first 100 days of FDR's administration:

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• United States bank holiday, 1933: closed all banks until they became certified by federal reviewers
• Abandonment of gold standard, 1933: allowed more money to be put in circulation to create a mild inflation
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1933: employed young adults to perform unskilled work for the federal government
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 1933: a government program that ran a series of dams built on the Tennessee River
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), 1933: provided breadlines and other aid to the unemployed
• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933: paid farmers to not grow crops
• National Recovery Act (NRA), 1933: created fair standards in favor of labor unions
• Civil Works Administration (CWA), 1933: provided temporary jobs to millions of unemployed
• Public Works Administration (PWA), 1933: employed middle-aged skilled workers to work on public projects, cost $4 billion
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) / Glass-Steagall Act: insures deposits in banks in order to restore public confidence in banks
• Securities Act of 1933, created the SEC, 1933: codified standards for sale and purchase of stock, required risk of investments to be accurately disclosed
• Indian Reorganization Act, 1934
• Social Security Act (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, delinquent, unemployed; paid for by employee and employer payroll contributions
• Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1935: a reiteration of the PWA, created useful work for skilled workers
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: granted right of labor unions to exist
• Judicial Reorganization Bill, 1937: FDR requested power to appoint a new Supreme Court judge for every judge 70 years or older; failed to pass
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 1938: established a maximum normal work week of 40 hours, and a minimum pay of 40 cents/hour