Title: New Deal Programs | Living New Deal
Headings: New Deal Programs
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was an amalgam of dozens of programs and agencies created by the Roosevelt Administration and the Congress.
Economic Stimulus & Stabilization
Bank Stabilization & Financial Reform
Relief & Welfare
Public Works – New Programs
Public Works – Expansion of Existing Programs
Arts & Culture Programs
Public Works Programs Reorganization
Rural & Farm Assistance
Housing Aid & Mortgage Reform
Labor Law
Health & Public Safety
Land & Wildlife Conservation
Regulation of Trade, Transport, & Communications
Indian Lands & US Territories
Civil & Criminal Justice

Content: Banking Act (1935)
Restructured and centralized the Federal Reserve Bank. Public Utility Holding Company Act (1935)
Protected consumers from certain rate increases, and also from high-risk speculation activities. Relief & Welfare
Federal Emergency Relief Act (1933)
Created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Gave financial aid to states to support local relief programs for the destitute. Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (FSCC) (1933) – named Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (1933-1935), then Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (1935-1940)
Distributed surplus food and commodities to those in need. Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts (1935-1943)
Provided funding for New Deal work agencies, especially the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Social Security Act (1935)
Created a national system of pensions, unemployment insurance and aid to mothers with children, and created Social Security Administration (SSA) to administer it. Public Works – New Programs
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (1933)
Created under Emergency Conservation Act. Put unemployed, unskilled young men to work on rural and park improvements. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (1933)
Created under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.