The Second New Deal

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (SCDAA)

Paid farmers to reduce production to prevent soil erosion (replaced the first AAA after it was struck down

Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Brought back farm subsidies legally and paid farmers to limit crop production to raise prices and stabilize the farm economy

Resettlement Administration (RA)

Helped struggling farmers relocate and provided loans to move to better land

Tried to fight rural poverty

Farm Security Administration (FSA) 

Replaced the Resettlement Administration (RA)

Offered loans to tenant farmers/sharecroppers and documented rural poverty

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Largest New Deal jobs program

Created millions of jobs building roads, bridges, schools, parks, and funding arts projects

National Youth Administration (NYA)

Provided job training and part time work for high school and college students

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Guaranteed workers’ rights to unionize, bargain collectively, and strike; protected labor unions

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Enforced the National Labor Relations Act (NRLA)

Investigated unfair Labor practices and protected union elections 

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Set minimum wage, maximum hours (forty hour weeks), and restricted child labor

Social Security Act (SSA)

Created retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled/dependent children

Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

Brought electricity to rural and farm areas through government loans

Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)

Broke up monopolies in electric utilities and regulated over sized utility companies