The New Deal

The New Deal was a time after the Great Depression where programs where made to help citizens and people who had been badly affected by the Great Depression. The program FDIC was made to provide deposit insurance to ensure safety of depositors account. The SEC program was created to regulate the stock market. The TVA program was made to help farmers and made jobs in one of America's least modernized areas. The Social Security Act provided provided old-age pensions for workers, survivors benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind and physically disabled.The NLRA program banned unfair workplace practices in the private sector, prohibited employers from interfering with their workers’ attempts to form unions, and established the National Labor Relations Board to enforce the law. The FLSA controlled working conditions and hours.

Red Scare

The Red Scare was an intense fear of communism. The fear of communism was growing more in the United States after numerous countries were being taken over by the Soviet Union. This occurred during the late 1940s and early 1950s. One main cause for the red scare was the Anti-communism in America, and with all the immigrants coming into America at the time people weren't sure if they were apart of communism or not. One of the effects of the Red Scare was that majority of Socialists were barred from holding office. Another effect due to the Red Scare was that A. Mitchell Palmer led the government's anti-communist campaign know as the Palmer Raids. Many immigrants were sent back to their home land due to the Red Scare.

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