1. FDR and the New Deal In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged a “New Deal” for the American people. The New Deal was based upon FDR’s 3 R’s to achieve short- and long-term goals: 1.Recovery -help American businesses, agriculture, and the economy as a whole 2.Relief -provide immediate relief to jobless, homeless, and hopeless 3.Reform -address the abuses within American institutions that helped cause the depression. Provide long- term govt. protection for workers & families.

2.  FDR organized a group of key advisors know as the “Brain Trust” who were law professors from Columbia and Harvard. First 100 Days- 1933 “Recovery” 1.National Recovery Admin. (NRA) 1933 -industrial recovery= set up codes for reasonable profits for business and fair wages/hours for workers. Workers given the right to organize- declared U.C. 2.Agricultural Adjustment Admin. (AAA) 1933 -farm recovery= govt. $ to farmers in return for reducing production. Goal was for farm prices and income to rise- declared U.C.

3. “Relief” 1.Public Works Admin. (PWA) 1933 -federal $ to state and local govt. to build roads, bridges, dams, public works= creates thousands of jobs- declared U.C. 2.Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1933 -employed young people 18-25 in outdoor conservation work 3.Tenn. Valley Authority (TVA) 1933 -jobs created building dams along the Tenn. river. Hydroelectric power plants were constructed to supply electricity and attract industry and more jobs 4.Civil Works Admin. (CWA) 1933 - hired laborers for temporary construction projects that were sponsored by the federal govt.

4. Second New Deal- 1935 “Relief” 1.Works Progress Admin. (WPA) 1935 -created more jobs on construction projects= hospitals, schools, parks, bridges, roads, airports -jobs for artists, writers, actors 2.National Youth Admin. (NYA) 1935 -provided young people with part-time jobs in and around schools to encourage finishing their education

5. “Reform” 1.National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 1935 -Wagner Act= major victory for labor movement -replaced the labor provisions of the NRA -guaranteed workers the right to join unions and bargain collectively -set up the NLR Board= govt. agency to enforce the law 2.Rural Electrification Admin. (REA) 1935 -govt. loans to electrical companies to provide power to rural areas 3.Social Security Act 1935 -created a national system of pensions for the elderly and unemployment compensation for people who lost their jobs or were disabled