APUSH New Deal ACTS ONLY

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Enabled the president to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen solvent banks

End of gold standard, 1933

Ensured that gold was used in a limited manner- for the purposes of international trade alone, but not for domestic purposes

Gold Reserve Act, 1934

Prohibited use of gold for domestic purposes only, so gold coins became collectors items

National Industrial Recovery Act

Act created codes of fair competition, minimum wage, max hour work week, and the right to unionize and bargain collectively. Law declared unconstitutional

Home owners loan corporation

Enabled citizens on the verge of losing their homes to refinance them at a cheap interest rate and long payback period, thus reducing mortgage payments

Soil Conservation/ Domestic Allotment Act

A partial replacement of the first AAA, this paid farmers to rotate their crops, let their land lie fallow, or to plant soil-conserving crops like soybeans

Public Works Administration

They spend $4 B on projects, including building public buildings, highways, parkways, and even Grand Coulee Dam

Resettlement Administration

This administration enabled farmers who owned poor land to move to better land

Unemployment Relief Act (CCC)

Favorite program of FDR. It Enlisted 3 M young men to work on various building, conservation, and reclamation

Agricultural Adjustment Act

This program encouraged farmers to restrict growing some crops like cotton or wheat. Those who complied were given subsidies. The tax on processors was declared unconstitutional, and the law was voided

Civil Works Administration

This was created during a bad winter to ensure that citizens had temporary menial jobs, like raking leaves, and other make work programs

Federal Emergency Relief Act

This was the only dole New Deal program where $3 B was given to states to give to people directly during a bad winter in 1933

Works Progress Administration

This act spent $11 B on building public buildings.

Resettlement Administration

Originally declared unconstitutional, this law enabled farmers not to have to foreclose on their mortgages for 5 years. A rewritten version gave farmers a grace period of 3 years

Fair Labor Standards Act

Established a minimum wage, plus a minimum age limits

Court-packing plan

Would allow FDR to add one justice to the Supreme Court for eache one on the bench over 70. FDR's goal was to cancel the ultra-conservative bent on the bench, but Congress didn't agree

Beer and wine revenue act

With prohibition imminent, this legalized light wine and beer, not to exceed 3.2% in alcohol, and taxd $5 on every barrel

Tennessee Valley Authority Act

This created a seven-state, federally run agency which build dams to control flooding, enhance conservation, etc. Fed. gvmt became wholesaler of electricity to private power firms.

Glass-Steagall Act (FDIC)

Outlawed banks from selling stocks or loaning money for the purchase of stocks. It ensured that depositors funds were insured for up to 5000 per account

National Labor Relations Act/Board

Also known as the Wagner Act, this enabled the host of unskilled workers the power to unionize and use collective bargaining.

Hatch Act

Barred Federal Administrative officials from political campaigning and soliciting; banned the use of gvmt funds for political purposes and the collection of campaign contributions

Indian Reorganization Act

Act enabled tribes to establish local self-gvmt, preserve preserve native crafts and traditions, regain their identity and culture, and even regain land.

Federal Securities Act

Created to police the stocks and bonds markets, ensuring that citizens were buying what was advertised and any fraud or other illegal activities were sought out and punished.

Social Security Act

This act, subsidized by taxes paid by employees and employers equally, created a trust fund to be used as pensions for senior citizens, and others.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Gave the federal gvmt. the ability to regulate the stocks and bonds markets