<P> The Second New Deal is the term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage, 1935--36, of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In his address to Congress in January 1935, Roosevelt called for five major goals: improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, as well as a national work relief program (the Works Progress Administration) to replace direct relief efforts . It is usually dated 1935 - 36, and includes programs to redistribute wealth, income and power in favor of the poor, the old, farmers and labor unions . The most important programs included Social Security, the National Labor Relations Act ("Wagner Act"), the Banking Act of 1935, rural electrification, and breaking up utility holding companies . The Undistributed profits tax was only short - lived . Liberals in Congress passed the Bonus Bill of $1.5 million to 3 million World War veterans over FDR's veto . Liberals strongly supported the new direction, and formed the New Deal Coalition of union members, big city machines, the white South, and ethnic minorities to support it; and conservatives--typified by the American Liberty League--were strongly opposed . Few liberal programs were enacted after 1936; Liberals generally lost control of Congress in 1938 . Programs continued for a while . Many were ended during World War II because unemployment was no longer a problem . These included the WPA, NYA and the Resettlement Administration . Social Security, however, survived and was expanded . </P>

What were some important characteristics of the second new deal programs