In order to increase trust in the banking system, Congress passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933. The bill gave the president broad powers over financial transactions, prohibited the hoarding of gold, and allowed for the reopening of sound banks, sometimes with loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Nash and Jeffrey, The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society). These legislative acts encouraged the public to once again trust their banks, and to deposit their money back in them. .
With this new trust in banks being established, the focus was turned to the common household and farmers. The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Home Owners" Loan Corporation were both formed to help farmers and other households with paying their burdensome mortgages. Roosevelt then turned his attention toward businesses and inflation manipulation. Roosevelt called for all privately owned stores of gold to be turned in and repaid in paper money. He took the nation off of the gold standard. The inflation of the dollar allowed businesses to be more aggressive and to stabilize in the middle of a financial landslide. Gradually stabilizing businesses would consequently help the unemployed. The unemployed men and many unemployed women would also be given opportunities through other newly instituted government organizations. Roosevelt was interested in providing relief for everyone, those who had plenty as well as those who had very little. Roosevelt once said, "The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough for those who have too little" (Tindall and Shi, America: A Narrative History). Congress" first step in accomplishing this goal was the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This program put young unemployed men between the ages of 18 and 25 to work on road and park construction, flood control, and other projects.