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New Deal (1933-1938)

I. Depression Presidents

A. Prelude—Herbert Hoover

B. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

II. Pursuing Recovery

A. Public Works Projects

1. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Recovery?

III. Enduring Achievements

A. Rural America

1. Mortgages + Electricity

B. Stabilizing the Economy

1. Stock Market

· Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

2. Banking

· Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)

3. Home-Buying

· Federal Housing Authority (FHA)

C. Creating a Security Net

1. Social Security Act

a. Retirement Pensions

b. Unemployment Insurance

c. Aid to Dependent Children

d. Aid to Disabled

D. Unionizing Workers

1. Wagner Act

· National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)