| Term | Definition |
|---|
| FLSA | this was the alst major reform under the New Deal, it set a minimum wage of 25 cents and a maximum work week of 44 hours. |
| Banking Act | this law was established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) which guaranteed that the federal government would repay depositors who lost money when banks failed. |
| Emergency Banking Relief Act | FDR ordered all banks to close this stopped people from rushing and withdrawing their savings. He ordered all unsafe banks to remain closed, and told everyone in a "fireside chat" they could trust in the nation's banking system again. |
| AAA | Congress passed legislation which granted payments to farmers agreed not to grow crops. Farm prices went up and farmers were better off. |
| WPA | President Roosevelt and Congress started this agency in order to give jobs to the unemploye, building roads, bridges, and public buildings. |
| National Housing Act | The Federal Housing Administrations wanted to stimulate residential construction by guaranteeing home mortagages. If a person were to stop paying on their home the FHA would buy and sell the house. |
| CCC | It was the first New Deal program aimed at putting people back to work, planting trees and improving national parks. |
| FERA | This law provided money for food and other necessities for the unemployed. |
| TVA | This was the most far-reaching New Deal program. Thousands of people were given jobs building dams to control flooding. |
| NIRA | Another act of Congress set up the Public Works Administration which gave $6 billion to state and city governments |
| NLRA | It was the most important labor law of the New Deal, it upheld the right of workers to organize and bargain with employers. |
| Social Security | To help the elderly Americdans during the Great Depression, monthly payments wre made to retired workers or their survivors. |
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