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"alphabet soup"
the new deal countless programs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reconstruction finance corporation | makes large loans to big business |
| federal emergency relief administration (fera) | programs to create unskilled jobs for relief by WPA in 1935 |
| united states banks holidays | closed all banks till they became certified by federal reviewers |
| abandoment of gold standard | gold reserves no longer backed currency |
| civilian conservation corps (CCC) | employed young men to perform unskilled work in rual areas under the army supervision |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | effort to modernize very poor region centered on dams that generate electricity on the tennessee river |
| agricultural adjustments act (AAA) | RASIED FARM PRICES BY CUTTING TOTAL FARM OUTPUT OF MAJOR CROPS |
| NATIONAL RECOVERY ACT (NRA) | INDUSTRIES SET UP CODES TO REDUCE UNFAIR COMPETITION, RASIED WAGES AND PRICES |
| PUBLIC WORKS ADMINSTRATION (PWA) | BUILT LARGE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS |
| FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) | INSURES DEPOSITE IN BANKS IN ORDER TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN BANKS |
| SECURITIES ACT | CODIFIED STANDARDS FRO SALE AND PURCHASE OF STOCK REQUIRED RISK OF INVESTMENTS TO BE ACCURATELY DISCLOSED |
| INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT | MOVED AWAY FROM ASSIMILATION |
| SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (SSA) | PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, PAID FOR BY EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER PAYROLL CONTRIBUTION |
| WORKS PROGRESS ADMINSTRATION (WPA) | A NATIONAL LABOR PROGRAM FROM 2 MILLIONS UNEMPLOYED; CREATED USEFUL CONSTRUTION WROK FOR UNSKILLED MEN; ALSO SEWING PROJECT FOR WOMEN AND ARTS PROJECTS FOR UNEMPLOYED ARTIST, MUSICIAN AND WRITERS |
| NATIONAL LABOR REALATION ACT (NLRA) | SET UP NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD TO SUPERVISE LABOR-MANGEMENT RELATIONS; IN 1930S IT STRONGLY FAVORED LABORS |
| JUDICIAL REORGANIZATION BILL,1937 | GAVE PRESIDENT POWER TO APPOINT A NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE FOR EVERY JUDGE 70 YEARS OR OLDER; FAILED TO PASS CONGRESS |
| FAIR LABOR STANDARD ACT | ESTABLISHED A MAX. NORMAL WEEK OF 40 HOURS, AND A MIN. PAY OF 40 CENTS / HOUR |
| FEDERAL SURPLUS RELIEF CORPORATION |