Name ____________________
Modern U.S. History
Mr. Kraft
The Great Depression
New Deal Legislation
Directions: Below is a list of the major New Deal laws / legislation that were all passed during
FDR’s first two Presidential terms. In your American History Textbook use the information
contained in Chapter 16 (pgs. 536 – 559) and the Constitutional Amendments (pgs. 80 – 88) to find
the terms of these New Deal laws or the function of these New Deal committees.
1. Emergency Banking Act (1933):
2. Glass-Steagall Act (1933):
3. Tennessee Valley Authority / TVA (1933):
4. Agricultural Adjustment Act / AAA (1933):
5. National Industrial Recovery Act / NIRA (1933):
6. Civilian Conservation Corps / CCC (1933):
7. Public Works Administration / PWA (1933):
8. Federal Emergency Relief Administration / FERA (1933):
9. 20th Amendment / “Lame Duck” Amendment (1933):
10. 21st Amendment (1933):
11. Federal Communications Commission / FCC (1934):
12. Gold Reserve Act (1934):
13. Securities and Exchange Commission / SEC (1934):
14. Federal Housing Administration / FHA (1934):
15. Rural Electrification Administration / REA (1935):
16. Social Security Act (1935):
17. Works Progress Administration (1935):
18. Revenue Act (1935):
19. National Labor Relations Board / NLRB – Wagner Act (1935):
20. Fair Labor Standards Act (1938):
* Special Note – The New Deal laws that are in bold are still in existence today.