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History
The First New Deal
3 main aims (Relief, Reform, Recovery)
Relief - help the starving and stop vulnerable from losing homes
Recovery - Getting American Industry back on it's feet again
Reform - Make America a better country for all
Make sure a Great Depression could never happen again
Ease banking crisis was the first priority (5000 banks had failed during the Depression)
Banks were no longer allowed to invest so recklessly
The Emergency Banking Act
Alphabet Agencies
The Second New Deal (post-1935)
Additional measures to benefit even more people
Legislation quickly passed
The Works Progress Administration
Wagner Act protected the rights of employees by making it illegal to sack workers just because they were part of a trade union
The Social Security Act introduced pensions and benefits for the elderly, orphaned, sick and unemployed
Changed America
First Hundred Days
1st period of Roosevelt's presidency
Congress passed range of measures
Marked the start of a significant period for American history