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The Second New Deal

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Social Security Act
law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance
social security
program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President of the U.S.; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression
Wagner Act
National Labor Relations Act; strengthened the protections of collective bargaining
New Deal
principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic party for economic recovery and social reforms.
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Second New Deal
second of a series of economic programs; more radical program which was more pro-labor and anti-business
Works Progress Administration
largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects
Public Utility Holding Company of 1935
law that was passed by the U.S. Congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilities; also known as the Wheeler-Rayburn Act.
Resettlement Administration
federal agency that helped to relocate struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the government
Rural Electrification Act
1936 act; provided federal loans for the installation of electrical systems to serve rural areas of the U.S.
Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
1934 act that restricted banks and their ability to foreclose on farms
Revenue Act of 1935
1935 act which raised United States taxes on higher income. Wealth tax
Bonus Bill
enacted when Congress overrode President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto on January 27, 1936
New Deal Coalition
alignment of voting blocs that voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until the late 1960s

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