alphabet agencies

Question 1

FERA

Answer 1

Federal Emergency Relief Administration-tackled poverty
$500 million was given to states to help the homeless.
soup kitchens,nursery care,employment scheme so and blankets for poorest.

Question 2

HOLC

Answer 2

Home Owners Loan Corporation-tackled poverty
gave loans to people struggling to make mortgage
money loaned to over a million people
rescued 20% of mortgages

Question 3

NRA

Answer 3

National Recovery Administration-tackled unemployment

codes were created for each industry which businessmen were encouraged to sigh which :

controlled industry by limiting work hours,fixed prices for goods,banned child labour

boosted wages by setting minimum wage and allowing the right to join trade unions

allowed those who signed to use the NRA sign(blue eagle) which was positively advertised through campaigns and parades

Question 4

PWA

Answer 4

Public Works Administration-tackled unemployment
$7 billion spent employing skilled men to build dams,bridges,sewage systems and houses.

1933-39 PWA built 70% of schools and 35% hospitals

Question 5

CCC

Answer 5

Civilian Conservation Corps-tackled unemployment

gave jobs to single men under 25 and they lived government camps and received food and clothing and $1 a day which was mostly sent home.

The jobs were things such as clearing land,planting trees and strengthening river banks for flood control.

1933-42 2.5mil took part in CCC scheme

Question 6

CWA

Answer 6

civilian works administration-tackled unemployment

short term scheme between winter 1933-34 and 4mil were employed in menial work such as building roads

Question 7

AAA

Answer 7

Agricultural Adjustment Administration-helped farmers and environments

this paid farmers to :
produce less food(less prices=prices go up)
take land out of production or reduce their livestock

cotton farmers paid to plough 10mil acres of cotton plantation
the government bought and killed 6mil piglets in 1933,9/10 which were destroyed

between 1933-39 farmer wages doubled

Question 8

what was the downside of the AAA?

Answer 8

AAA helped farmers but not sharecroppers,many of which were evicted as there was not much work and they were replaced by machinery bought with gov money

Question 9

what was the downside of the CCC?

Answer 9

Although equal opportunities we’re promised,African American enrolment was capped and black camps were segregated

Question 10

TVA

Answer 10

Tennessee Valley Authority-helped farmers and the environment

authorised the building of 33 dams to control the Tennessee river
forests built
New 650 mile waterway linking major river systems
power stations built at the dams to provide cheap electricity to farmers and domestic consumers(became biggest producer of electricity)
created jobs
land was conserved and improved(through measures that were taken to improve soil so they can used for farming again)

Question 11

why Tennessee valley(TVA)

Answer 11

vast poverty stricken area with soil erosion and flooding

Question 12

what was the downfall of the TVA?

Answer 12

racial discrimination against African Americans through its employment practices and community planning efforts, led to the creation of the all-white town of Norris, Tennessee