There were five key legislation of the first new deal.
The Emergency Banking Relief Act which enlarged federal authority over private bank and made government loans to private banks. .
The Civilian Conservation Corps also know as the CCC, was established for unemployment relief and the conservation of natural resources. Some of the major projects the CCC did were road construction, reforestation, flood control, and national park improvements. .
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was direct federal money for relief that was through the state and local governments. .
Next, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration was established to provide relief to the nation's farmers. It also established a federal role in agricultural planning, price setting, and federal farm-aid based on parity pricing and subsidy. The AAA helped raise the average farm income and helped pushed up the prices of commodities. .
Towards the end of the hundred days they passed the National Industrial Recovery Act. The NRA was a self-regulating industrial code to revive economic activity. It helped to stimulate production and competition in business by regulating prices, output, and trade practices.
Thousands of tenant and sharecropper families were forced of the land and migrated to California and were called "Okies" They lived in poor living conditions very few of the migrants found work except in low paid agricultural laborers. "The most characteristic of all housing in California in which migrants reside at the moment is the shacktown or cheap subdivision." The government did very little to help these people out. Many unemployed whites campaigned to deport the Mexicans. Several different organizations joined in this effort but authorities made very little effort to help deport them. The only way the migrants improved their situation was the outbreak of World War II and the demand for labor increased. .
The Works Progress Administration created employment for artists and supported cultural activities around the nation.