Second+New+Deal



The Second New Deal is the second 100 days of FDR presidency in which FDR responded to critics by doing more for the ordinary americans. The Second New Deal included more social welfare benifits, stricter controls over business, stronger support for unions, and higher taxes on the rich. This also included New Deal Agencies. Some agencies are the Works Progress Administration (WPA) which gave the unimployeed work in building construction and arts programs, the Public Works Administration (PWA) which sponsered massive public works projects such as dams and hydroelectric plants, and the Agricultural Adjustment Adminstration (AAA) which attempted to raise farm prices by paying farmers to lower farm output.

Information Provided By: America Pathways to the Present pg. 542-543

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