GD and New Deal Word Scramble
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controlled industrial production and prices; urged consumers to buy goods only from companies that displayed its blue eagle symbol | National Recovery Administration (NRA) |
helped solve he banking crisis by issuing licenses to banks to federal examiners found to be financially sound | Emergency Banking Relief Act |
reduced agricultural surplus and raised prices for struggling farmers/ tried to help farmers by paying them not to grow crops | Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)/ Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) |
employed single men, ages 18-25, for natural resource conservation such as planting trees, fighting forest fires, and building reservoirs | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
built hydroelectric plants and dams aimed at improving seven Southern states and attracting industry to the South | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
covered people's savings in banks against loss; guaranteed bank deposits up to $2500 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
provided employment in construction of airports, parks, schools, and roads | Public Works Administration (PWA) and Civil Works Administration (CWA) |
sponsored the controversial "Federal Number One" program | Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
set up and promoted codes of fair competition | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
established to provide some security for unemployed workers | Social Security Act |
set up a process whereby dissatisfied union members could take their complaints to binding arbitration | National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) |
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