The Second New Deal

More Programs Programs help farmers and farm workers REA, BPA, AAA Works Progress Administration (WPA) Employ professionals Art, photography, historians, authors

THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAM Social Security Act Creates the Social Security Administration Unemployment Insurance Gives $$$ to states Elderly Pensions Disabled Stipend Families with Children Provides $$$ and other aid

Labor Relations National Labor Relations Act Created National Labor Relations Board Right to unionize, anti-union practices banned, government will mediate Fair Labor Standards Act Minimum Wage ~ 40 hour work week AFL & CIO grow

Court Packing Several New Deal programs ruled unconstitutional AAA, NIRA (NRA) Roosevelt wanted congress to allow him to add more judges to the supreme court Called “court packing” Seen as a threat to checks and balances

End of the New Deal After all that “1/3 of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished” By 1937; some recovery Gov’t pulls back on some programs and depression returns Opposition to government controls on economy International affairs take precedence