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New Deal programs
Corporations, administrations, acts, commissions,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civilian conversation corps (CCC) | Put young men aged 18-25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees and helping in soil erosion. |
| civil works administration (CWA) | provide work in federal jobs during winter months, included building 40,000 schools and paying salaries of 50,000 rural school teachers |
| works progress administration (WPA) | Quickly created jobs as many as possible from construction jobs to positions in symphony orchestras |
| Emergency Banking relief act (EBRA) | FDR declared a "bank holiday" and authorized the treasury dept. To inspect the country's banks |
| National Recovery Administration (NRA) | This organization was set up to settle disputes between employers and employees |
| Agriculture adjustment ACT (AAA) | Federal government gave money for farmers to lower production, then taxed individuals, later declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. |
| Federal Housing Administration (FHA) | Loaned money at low interest to homeowners who could not meet mortgage payments, this agency continues to furnish loans form home mortgages and repairs today |
| National labor relations act (Wagner Act) | Defined unfair labor practices and established the NLRB to settle disputes between employers and employees. |
| Social Security Act | Provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities. |
| Federal emergency's relief act | Program funded with $500 million to provide direct relief for the needy, and to help states to provide aid to unemployment (clothes, food, etc) |
| Public works administration (PWA) | Established codes of fair competition and voluntary guidelines for minimum wage and a 40 hour workweek |
| National Youth Administration (NYA) | Provided job training for unemployment young people and part time jobs for needy students |
| Federal deposit insurance corporations | Provided federal insurance of bank deposits up to $5,000, today accounts are protected up to $100,000. |
| Securities and exchanges commissions (SEC) | Created by congress under the FSA to supervised the country's stock commission exchanges and eliminated dishonest practices. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Developed the resources in a badly depressed region by building 20+ dams to provide flood control, hydroelectric power and other benefits, also provided jobs |
| Home Owners Loan corporations (HOLC) | Created jobs on government projects including work on public housing, intended to increase worker's buying power and to stimulate economy |
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