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Great Depression
Groups helping get out of the GD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCC | Civilian conservation corps: conserved the environment, run by the u.s. army, for 18-25 year old men, sent money back to their families. |
| WPA | works progress administration: built schools, roads, and parks. |
| AAA | Agricultural adjustment administration: paid farmers to take land out of production, decreases supply to increase prices, made farmer income increase dramatically |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority: created to provide electricity to the economically poor region, built dams, created job opportunities. |
| FDIC | Federal deposit insurance corporation: provided insurance on bank deposits, protected peoples savings |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange commission: watch dog agency for the stock market |
| FERA | federal emergency relief agency: gave cash payments and/or government jobs to the needy, beginning in of the welfare program |
| Social Security | goal to end elder poverty, taxed people in the work force to provide payments to the elderly |