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New Deal is a program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression to counteract various effects of it New Deal created many agencies and legislation to help the United States pull itself out of the Great Depression Some of these agencies have tremendous effect even today When Roosevelt was elected as the president he faced many problems such as banking failure and unemployment Almost immediately he called on Congress and began what is known as Hundred Days Congress During this period of time many legislation was passed to help banks recover create jobs for the unemployed and set up many agencies to help these causes National Recovery Administration and Public Works Administration were created to help industries labor and the unemployed Glass-Steagall Act created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Unemployment Relief Act created Civilian Conservation Corps which hired many uniformed young men to do public works such as fire fighting and reforestation Agriculture Adjustment Act also helped to solve overproduction of crops Tennessee Valley Authority TVA was created which would build dams and power plants and in many other ways salvage a vast impoverished region This agency was heavily criticized although it did provide jobs for the unemployed and once completed it would supply cheap source of electricity The New Deal shifted more toward reform in 1935-1936 New Deal during this time is known as the second New Deal Major second New Deal measures included Social Security Act National Housing Act which created Federal Housing Administration and Works Progress Administration between 1935-1941 the WPA employed an annual average of 2100000 workers including artists and writers who built or improved schools hospitals airports and other facilities by the tens of thousands Mortimer p115 However even the great New Deal had to end sometime Culmination of the New Deal was triggered by court packing of Roosevelt The Supreme Court was very conservative at the time and was declaring many New Deal laws unconstitutional Roosevelt tried to
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