Title: The New Deal | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Headings: The New Deal
Primary Source Set The New Deal
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American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1940
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black and White Negatives
Posters: WPA Posters
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937 to 1942

Content: Over the next 100 days, Congress enacts a number of laws creating New Deal programs. These include: The Reforestation Relief Act, establishing jobs for 250,000 young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). By the program’s end in 1941, 2 million people will have worked on CCC projects. The Federal Emergency Relief Act, which provides funds to states for relief. The Agricultural Adjustment Act, establishing prices for farm products and paying subsidies to farmers, and the Farm Credit Act, providing agricultural loans. Tennessee Valley Authority Act, which creates the TVA to build dams and power plants. Federal Securities Act, which gives the executive branch the authority to regulate stocks and bonds. Home Owners Refinancing Act, providing aid to homeowners in danger of losing their homes. National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), which establishes the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA).