Alphabet agencies in USA

Question 1

National Recovery Administration(NRA)

Answer 1

Aims

• Aimed at Industrial Recovery
• The NRA was to issue 557 codes of practice (rules) to each industry
• To ensure fair competition, fair wages and hours of work.

Achievements

• It is estimated that there around 1,750,000 workers by 1934
• Many codes didn’t work as it was so different to how businesses had been working.
• Employers such as Ford refused to adopt them

Question 2

Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA)

Answer 2

Aims
-To help agriculture by ending the problem of overproduction

Achievements
-By 1935 30.5 million acres of land were taken out of production

Question 3

Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)

Answer 3

Aims

• Industrial recovery by putting young men to work.
• Supervised by army, men would live in camps
• Work on civil engineering jobs and looking after national parks.

Achievements

• Lasted until 1942 and 3 million young men took part.
• 125,000 miles of road were built,
• 3 billion trees planted,

Question 4

Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)

Answer 4

Aims

• Relief, and employment.
• Allocated an initial fund of $500 million to help those in need.
• Money went to Home Relief Bureaus and Departments of welfare for Poor Relief

Achievements

• Built five thousand public buildings
• Seven thousand bridges,
• Employed teachers
• Over 1,500,000 adults were taught to read and write

Question 5

Public Works Administration(PWA)

Answer 5

Aims

• Industrial Recovery
• $3.3 billion to be spent on things such as roads, dams, hospitals and schools
• Lead to an increase in the demand from feeder industries which would create more jobs

Achievements

• 13,000 schools were built
• 50,000 miles of road
• 1933 only $110 million was spent

Question 6

Civil Works Administration(CWA)

Answer 6

Aims

• As part of FERA
• Set up as an extension of the PWA for the very harsh winter of 1933-34
• Provide more employment

Achievements

• Hugely successful employed around 4 million
• 50,000 teachers employed in order to keep schools open
• It put $700 million into circulation

Question 7

Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)

Answer 7

Aims

• To help modernise and relieve suffering in the poorest southern states of USA
• Tennessee River ran through 7 states that were agriculturally dependent

Achievements

• 20 huge dams built to generate hydro electricity
• Residents of the area saw their income increase by 200% in the period 1929 to 1949.