NEW DEAL PROGRAMS

Initials Full Name Purpose and Information

Relief program for unemployed,
unmarried men from relief families, ages
18–25 which provided unskilled manual
labor jobs related to the conservation and
development of natural resources in rural
lands owned by federal, state and local
governments.
Purpose was to reduce crop surplus and
therefore effectively raise the value of
crops. Restricted agricultural production
by paying farmers subsidies not to plant
part of their land.
Goal was to eliminate "cut-throat
competition" by bringing industry, labor
and government together to create codes
of "fair practices" and set prices.
It built large-scale public works such as
dams and bridges, warships, hospitals and
schools. Its goals were to spend 3.3 billion
in the first year, and $6 billion in all, to
provide employment, stabilize purchasing
power, and help revive the economy.

Insures deposits in banks in

order to restore public confidence in
banks; still exists

Its purpose was to refinance home

mortgages currently in default to prevent
foreclosure. This was accomplished by
selling bonds to lenders in exchange for
the home mortgages
Goal was to employ millions of unskilled
workers to carry out public works
projects,[1] including the construction of
public buildings and roads, and operated
large arts, drama, media, and literacy
projects. It fed children and redistributed
food, clothing, and housing. Almost every
community in the United States had a
park, bridge or school constructed by the
agency, which especially benefited rural
and Western areas.

Act that established a national minimum

wage guaranteed 'time-and-a-half' for
overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited
most employment of minors in
"oppressive child labor," a term that is
defined in the statute.

Passed in 1934, this moved American

policy towards Native Americans away
from assimilation.

A congressional charter in May 1933 to

provide navigation, flood control,
electricity generation, fertilizer
manufacturing, and economic
development in the Tennessee Valley

An independent agency of the United

States federal government that
administers Social Security, a social
insurance program consisting of
retirement, disability, and survivors'
benefits.