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| New Deal | Legislation plan enacted under President FDR that dramatically expanded the federal government’s role in the economy in response to the Great Depression |
| Emergency Banking Relief Act | Gave executive branch power to regulate banks; government would inspect the finances of every bank and allow only healthy banks to reopen |
| Farm Credit Act | Refinanced loans to keep farmers from losing their land |
| Civilian Conservation Corps. | Relief program that put Americans back to work doing jobs that had the unique goal of preserving the country’s natural resources. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | Program that helped stabilize agricultural prices by paying farmers to cut production (declared unconstitutional, modified AAA passed in 1936) |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Relief and recovery program that hired people to build dams and generators, which brought electricity and jobs to communities in the region. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Reform program that guarantees individuals that money they deposited in a bank would be repaid to them by the federal government in the event that their bank went out of business |
| Civil Works Administration | Relief program that put Americans back to work repairing roads, constructing bridges, upgrading airports, and repairing pipelines. |
| Works Progress Administration | Relief and recovery program that employed millions of Americans in public works projects, from constructing bridges and roads to painting murals and writing plays. |
| National Youth Administration | created under the Emergency Relief Act of 1935, provided more than 4.5 million jobs for young people. It gave part-time employment to students, established training programs and provided aid to unemployed youth. |
| Wagner Act | Labor reform that guaranteed workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | Recovery program that helped regulate business by requiring minimum wage and allowing collective bargaining (declared unconstitutional in 1935) |
| Social Security Act | The Social Security Act of 1935 established the administration of a national pension fund for the aged and unemployed, as well as public assistance for dependent mothers, children and disabled people. It was financed by a payroll tax based on employer and employee contribution. |
