Title: What Were the New Deal Programs and What Did They Do? - TheStreet
Headings: What Were the New Deal Programs and What Did They Do?
What Were the New Deal Programs and What Did They Do?
First New Deal Programs
New Deal Programs: 1933
New Deal Programs: 1934
Second New Deal Programs
New Deal Programs: 1935
New Deal Programs: 1936
Third New Deal Programs

Content: 1935
The most notable New Deal program, and one that has survived for nearly a full century now, is the Social Security Act. Signed in August 1935, the act created a retirement pension system for elderly Americans, as well as various social safety net programs for struggling citizens, such as unemployment and welfare. Another program that still exists (though nowhere near as strong in its current state) is the National Labor Relations Act, more colloquially known as the Wagner Act. Creating the National Labor Relations Board, this act was meant to make it easier for employees to improve their working conditions, including by organizing and unionizing, strengthening workforces as employment numbers grew. The Soil Conservation Act was another New Deal program centered around conservation and the environment. The Soil Conservation Act was passed to help fight soil erosion, which was devastating to farmers in the midst of the Dust Bowl, and paid farmers who helped counter it by growing crops that helped promote soil growth. Soon after, the Resettlement Administration was created to resettle farmers on more usable land. The Emergency Relief Appropriation in 1935 acted similarly to the Federal Emergency Relief Act in 1933, creating the Works Progress Administration via executive order. The WPA, in its lifespan, would employ over 8.5 million people to public works jobs. This included not just construction jobs, but jobs in the arts as well.