Alphabet Agencies Flashcards
What does FCA stand for?
Farm Credit Administration
What does AAA stand for?
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
What does NRA stand for?
National Recovery Administration
What does HOLC stand for?
Home Owners Loan Corporation
What does TVA stand for?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What does CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
What does CWA stand for?
Civil Works Administration
What does FERA stand for?
Federal Emergency Relief Agency
What does PWA stand for?
Public Works Administration
What did FCA do to help?
- lent money to farmers who couldn’t afford loan payments
- $100 million loaned out in 18 months
What did the AAA do to help?
- paid farmers to produce less and destroy some food they already produced
- food prices rose as supply decreased
- farmers income doubles, better standards of living
What did the NRA do to help?
- set out to improve working conditions in industry and outlawed child labour
- encouraged to adopt a code of practice (557)
- fair conditions, wages and prices for workplaces
- had the right to join a trade union
Why did the AAA face criticism?
food was being destroyed when millions were starving
Why did the NRA face criticism?
- voluntary scheme, refused to join
- strikes
- the Supreme Court declared it to be unlawful
What was the result of the NRA?
2.5 million firms employed 22 million workers
What did the HOLC do to help?
- gave loans to those struggling to pay their mortgages
- tried to stimulate the housing market
- helped 300,000 homeowners in the first year
What did the TVA do to help?
-provided work building dams and electric power stations along the Tennessee river, one of the poorest in the USA
What did the CCC do to help?
- unemployed 18 to 25 year olds worked in countryside
- created jobs for 2.5 million men
- provided food, shelter and a small wage
What did the CCC do in the countryside?
- planted 1.3 billion trees
- cleared footpaths
- dug canals
- strengthened river banks against flooding
- dealt with forest fires
- installed 65,100 miles of telephone lines
- ended malaria
Why was the CCC criticised?
- focused on white men
- no guarantee of a job, cheap labour
What did the CWA do to help?
- provided temporary work for 4 million men
- built schools, airports roads and 150,000 public toilets
- able to earn money to buy things and provide income for shops and businesses
What did the FERA do to help?
- $500 million given to help homeless/unemployed
- spent on soup kitchens, blankets, clothes and nursery schools
What did the PWA do to help?
- funded with $3.3billion
- expenditure on public works, roads, dams, hospitals and schools
- stimulate economy, encourage employment and more money
- demand for raw materials
What did the PWA build?
- 50,000 miles of roads
- 13,000 schools
- dams to irrigate land, produce electricity and 4 national parks
Why was the PWA criticised?
- slow progress
- lengthy prep
- skilled workers only
