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effective: CWA

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  1. rural people got jobs
  2. improved lives in rural America
  3. 4 million people got jobs
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not effectiveness of the NRA

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  1. not enough ppl benefited
  2. some companies didn’t join
  3. favored big films: small businesses closed
  4. poor families relied on income of child workers
  5. small number of jobs were made when child labour was outlawed
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what was the work done by the beer act

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  • created new jobs- alcohol, industry
  • money spent on enforcing prohibition went to new deal \
  • social relief- raise morale
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what ere the aims of the NRA

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-encourage competition
- improve working conditions in industry and outlawed child labour
- stimulate economy by giving workers money to spend
- protect workers from exploitation

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what were the aims of the PWA

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  • short- term jobs
  • reducing unemployment
  • preventing opposition
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what work did the NRA do

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  • set out fair wages
  • 2 million employers joined the schemes
  • encourage trade union- blue logo- blue eagle
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effectiveness of PWA

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  1. created jobs
  2. people in rural areas got jobs
  3. provided infrastructure for community- long lasting
  4. prevented riots
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what were the aims of FERA

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  • set about meeting the urgent needs of the poor- homeless
    -prevent social disturbances
  • local governments didn’t have enough money so they needed a federal
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what were the aims of the AAA

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  • tried to take a long- term view of the problems facing farmers
  • helped solve internal migration
  • help farm unemployment
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effective: TVA

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  1. thousands of jobs created
  2. electricity was provided
  3. ppl were able to move there due to increase in businesses
  4. irrigation schemes
  5. land restored
  6. reforestation- D.B prevented
  7. trade routtes by river- market goods
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not effectiveness of the CCC

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  1. 2.5 out of 25 million unemployed which was not many
  2. didn’t help older men/women/ minorities
  3. short term and not training those men could use to get long term work
  4. 4000 women got jobs
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what does CCC stand for

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civilian conservation corps

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effective AAA

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  1. helped farmers modernise
  2. prices went up therefore more profits- incomes doubled
  3. stayed on farms- no internal migration
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work done by HOLC

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loaned money to over a million people to prevent them from losing their homes

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what were the aims of the EBA

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  1. rebuild trust/ confidence in banks
  2. encourage ppl to deposit money
  3. encourage investments in business to help create jobs
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what was the work done by the RFC

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provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans. to banks, rail roads and mortgage companies

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not effective: CWA

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  1. mainly manual work- no skills
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what was the work done by the PWA

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  • used government money to build schools, roads, dams, bridges, airports, hospitals, community buildings
  • created million of short term jobs $7 billion was spent employing skilled men
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work done by SEC

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oversaw the stock market and proposed and enforced federal securities law

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effectiveness of the NRA

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  1. helped 2 million people
  2. since wages were increased ppl had more spending money
  3. idea of trade unions
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which agencies were set up to deal with unemployment

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CCC
NRA
PWA
CWA
TVA

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what does AAA stand for

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Agricultural Adjustment Act/ Administration

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Not effective: FCA

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not all farmers got loans only a fifth especially in D.B areas

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not effective: PWA

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  1. short-term
  2. mainly manual: no gain of skills
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work done by FCA

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helped farmers refinance mortgages over a longer time at below market interest rates at regional and national banks

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what does TVA stand for

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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what were the aims of STC

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tasked to protect investors, capital and speculation- prevent WS.C

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not effective: TVA

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didn’t help farm labourers so much

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what did the FERA do

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provided $500 million in direct relief to the neediest Americans- soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes

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work done by EBA

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  1. government declared a 4-day bank holiday
  2. all banks closed
  3. government inspection of banks
  4. only those w/ cash reserves opened
  5. Banks that failed the inspection remained closed
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what does NRA stand for

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National Recovery Administration

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aims of CWA

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designed as a short-term scheme to give as many ppl jobs as possible- important for reform

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aims of TVA

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  • develop T.V
  • poverty- stricken area w/soil erosion and flooding
  • 7 states had no money to make reforms/ business
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what does FERA stand for

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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what did the AAA do

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  • raised crop prices by lowering production- farm quotas
  • farmers received help w/ their mortgages
  • modernise farming methods
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what does SEC stand for

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Securities Exchange Commission

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what does EBA stand for

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Emergency Banking Act

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Effective: FCA

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  • reduced migration and homelessness
  • some farm owners helped
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not effective: AAA

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  1. put more farm laborers out of work due to modernization
  2. Didn’t help tenants and A. American sharecroppers
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work done by CWA

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built 40,000 schools and provided salaries for 50,000 teachers in rural America and built 500,000 miles of roads

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aims of HOLC

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make sure that people stayed in their homes so that it did not increase homelessness and migration

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what does HOLC stand for

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home owners loan corporation

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what was the aims of the beer act

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to earn federal tax from alcohol- ended prohibition - repeal vorsted act

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what does FCA stand for

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Farm Credit Administration

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what does PWA stand for

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Public Works Administration

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What RFC stand for

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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effectiveness of the CCC

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  1. helped 2.5 million young men
  2. work done by conservation
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what does the CWA stand for

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Civil Works Administration

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which agencies were set up to deal with farming

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AAA
FCA
TVA

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Aims of the CCC

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-aimed at unemployed young men
- prevent them from revolting
- encouraged spending
- FDR carrying out his promises

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work done by the CCC

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  • put young men to work. white men 18-25/30 worked on building roads, parks and planting trees- 200 million tree planted
  • 6 months
  • 2.5 million young men helped
  • $25- 30/ month
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aims of FCA

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help farmers recover from the Dust Bowl

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work done by the TVA

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  • 33 dams were built to control the T.V
    -650 mile waterway- trade- safe transit for ships
  • power stations were built at the dams to provide cheap electricity
  • thousands of jobs created
  • irrigation schemes
  • reforestation schemes

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