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First New Deal
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EMERGENCY BANKING RELIEF ACT (First Deal)
The Emergency Banking Act was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system. It was introduced on March 9, 1933, to a joint session of Congress and was passed the same evening amid an atmosphere of chaos and uncertainty as over 100 new Democratic members of Congress swept into power determined to take radical steps to address banking failures and other economic malaise. -
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT (First Deal)
The three goals of the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) were (1) to be effective, (2) provide work for employable people on the relief rolls, and (3) to have a diverse variety of relief programs. FERA provided grants from the federal government to state governments for a variety of projects in fields such as agriculture, the arts, construction and education. -
HOMEOWNERS REFINANCING ACT (New Deal)
The Homeowners Refinancing Act was an Act of Congress of the United States passed as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression to help those in danger of losing their homes.The act, provided mortgage assistance to homeowners or would-be homeowners by providing them money or refinancing mortgages. -
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT (First Deal)
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was a law passed by the United States Congress in 1933 to authorize the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery. It also established a national public works program known as the Public Works Administration. -
RECIPROCAL TARIFF ACT REFORM (First Deal)
It provided for the negotiation of tariff agreements between the United States and separate nations, particularly Latin American countries. The Act served as an institutional reform intended to authorize the president to negotiate with foreign nations to reduce tariffs in return for reciprocal reductions in tariffs in the United States. It resulted in a reduction of duties. -
COMMUNICATIONS ACT (First Act)
An act to provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes. -
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Second New Deal
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Guffey Coal Act (Second Deal)
It created the Bituminous Coal Commission to set the price of coal, end other unfair practices of competition. The law also created the Bituminous Coal Labor Board to regulate maximum work hours and minimum wages. It was later ruled to be unconstitutional because, by giving power to the federal government to control prices, it infringed upon the economic liberty of free enterprise. -
WORK PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION RELIEF (Second Deal)
It was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In a much smaller but more famous project, the Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. -
FEDERAL ART PROJECT RELIEF (Second Deal)
The FAP's primary goals were to employ out-of-work artists and to provide art for non-federal government buildings: schools, hospitals, libraries, etc. The work was divided into art production, art instruction and art research. The primary output of the art-research group was the Index of American Design, a mammoth and comprehensive study of American material culture. -
JUDICIAL PROCEDURES REFORM ACT (Second Deal)
It was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional. The central provision of the bill would have granted the President power to appoint an additional Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, up to a maximum of six, for every member of the court over the age of 70 years and 6 months. -
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT (Second Deal)
It transferred federal responsibilities for non-military aviation from the Bureau of Air Commerce to a new, independent agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The legislation also gave the authority the power to regulate airline fares and to determine the routes that air carriers would serve. -
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT RELIEF (Second Deal)
The FLSA introduced the forty-hour work week, 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. It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, Unless the employer can claim an exemption from coverage.
