Second New Deal
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Created byJayjay Stein
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End of Reconstruction; rise of industrialization and economic inequalityProgressive Era reforms begin addressing economic and social injusticesStock Market Crash triggers the Great DepressionFirst New Deal begins under FDR, focusing on immediate relief and recoverySocial Security Act establishes pensions and unemployment benefitsWagner Act strengthens workers' rights and unions.Works Progress Administration (WPA) provides millions of jobs.Roosevelt’s court-packing plan fails.Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage and maximum hoursWWII shifts focus from New Deal reforms to war production
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