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New Deal, the domestic program of the administration


of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939.
2. It took action to bring about immediate economic relief as well as
reforms in industry, agriculture, finance, waterpower, labour, and
housing, vastly increasing the scope of the federal government’s
activities.
a. the New Deal generally embraced the concept of a government-
regulated economy aimed at achieving a balance between
conflicting economic interests.
b. Much of the New Deal legislation was enacted within the first
three months of Roosevelt’s presidency, 

3. The "First New Deal" (1933–34) dealt with the pressing banking crises through
the Emergency Banking Act and the 1933 Banking Act.
4. The new administration’s first objective was to alleviate the suffering of
the nation’s huge number of unemployed workers.

5. The Securities Act of 1933 was enacted to prevent a repeated stock market crash. The
controversial work of the National Recovery Administration was also part of the First New
Deal.

6. The Securities Act of 1933 was enacted to prevent a repeated stock market crash. The
controversial work of the National Recovery Administration was also part of the First New
Deal.

7. Before 1935 the New Deal focused on revitalizing the country’s stricken
business and agricultural communities.
8. The New Deal also tried to regulate the nation’s financial hierarchy in
order to avoid a repetition of the stock market crash of 1929 and the
massive bank failures that followed. 
9. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) granted government
insurance for bank deposits in member banks of the Federal Reserve
System, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was
formed to protect the investing public from fraudulent stock-market
practices.
10. The "Second New Deal" in 1935–38 included the Wagner Act to protect labor organizing,
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) relief program (which made the federal
government by far the largest single employer in the nation), [5] the Social Security Act, and
new programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers. 

11. In 1935 the New Deal emphasis shifted to measures designed to assist
labour and other urban groups. 
12. The Wagner Act of 1935 greatly increased the authority of the federal
government in industrial relationsand strengthened the organizing
power of labour unions, establishing the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) to execute this program.
13. Perhaps the most far-reaching programs of the entire New Deal were
the Social Security measures enacted in 1935 and 1939, providing old-
age and widows’ benefits, unemployment compensation, and disability
insurance. 
14. Maximum work hours and minimum wages were also set in certain
industries in 1938.
15. The final major items of New Deal legislation were the creation of the United States Housing
Authority and Farm Security Administration (FSA), which both occurred in 1937, and the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set maximum hours and minimum wages for most
categories of workers.

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman
who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being
elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and
served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the
"common man"[1] against a "corrupt aristocracy"[2] and to preserve the Union.

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States.


He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support
of individual liberty.

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