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The Second New Deal Takes Hold Chapter 15 Section 2 Based on the textbook The Americans, 2006.

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1 The Second New Deal Takes Hold Chapter 15 Section 2 Based on the textbook The Americans, 2006

2 The Second Hundred Days FDR was reelected in 1936 Eleanor Roosevelt –Social reformer

3 The Soil Conservation & Domestic Allotment Act Replaced AAA Paid farmers for cutting production of soil depleting crops

4 Resettlement Administration Provided monetary loans to small farmers to buy land

5 Farm Security Administration (FSA) Replaced Resettlement Administration Loaned $1 billion to tenant farmers Established camps for migrant workers Hired photographers

6 Works Progress Administration (WPA) $11 billion & 8 million workers Built 850 airports, constructed or repaired 651,000 miles of road, 125,000 public buildings

7 Works Progress Administration (WPA) 300 million garments for the needy Created guides to cities, collected historical slave narratives, painted murals, and theater troupes

8 National Youth Administration (NYA) Provided education, jobs, counseling and recreation Provided student aid in exchange for part-time work

9 Wagner Act AKA National Labor Relations Act Reestablished collective bargaining Prohibited unfair labor practices Set up the National Relations Labor Board

10 Fair Labor Standards Act 1938 44 hour/week 25 /hour minimum wage Rules for workers under 16 Banned hazardous work for those under 18

11 Social Security Act 1935 Old-age insurance for retirees 65+ & their spouses Unemployment compensation Aid to families with dependent children and the disabled

12 Rural Electrification Administration (REA) Financed and worked with electrical cooperatives to bring electricity to isolated areas

13 Public Utility Holding Company Act 1935 Outlawed ownership of utilities by multiple holding companies


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