Social Security Act: Part of the Second New Deal, this act created a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
Works Progress Administration (WPA): Another part of the Second New Deal that provided jobs for millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA): Also known as Wagner Act, it guaranteed basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work.