Alphabet agencies (T2)

Question 1

What was the AAA?

Answer 1

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 2

What was the date of the AAA?

Answer 2

May 1933

Question 3

What were the aims of the AAA?

Answer 3

To help agriculture by ending the problem of over production

Question 4

What did the AAA achieve?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What was the CCC?

Answer 5

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 6

What was the date of the CCC?

Answer 6

March 1933

Question 7

What were the aims of the CCC?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What did the CCC achieve?

Answer 8

CCC lasted until 1942 - in all 3 million young men took part

• 125,000 miles of road were built
• 46,854 bridges
• 3 billion trees planted

Question 9

What was FERA?

Answer 9

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 10

What was the date of FERA?

Answer 10

May 1933

Question 11

What were the aims of FERA?

Answer 11

• Relief, and employment
• Allocated an initial fund of $500,000 to help those in need
• Money went to Home Relief Bureaus and Departments of Welfare for Poor Relief

Question 12

What did FERA achieve?

Answer 12

• Built 5,000 public buildings and 7,000 bridges

- Employed teachers and over 1.5 million adults were taught to read and write

Question 13

What was the NRA?

Answer 13

National (Industrial) Recovery Agency

Question 14

What were the aims of the NRA?

Answer 14

• Industrial Recovery and setting codes of practice that businesses had to abide by
• Section 7a which allowed Trade Unions to bargain for better conditions

Question 15

What did the NRA achieve?

Answer 15

• Created between 1,750,000 and 1,900,000 workers by 1934

- Although the NRA issued 557 codes of practice many proved unworkable

Question 16

What was the PWA?

Answer 16

Public Works Administration

Question 17

What was the date if the PWA?

Answer 17

June 1933

Question 18

What were the aims of the PWA?

Answer 18

• Industrial Recovery
• $3.3 billion to be spent on things such as roads, dams, hospitals and schools
• Hoped that this would lead to an increase in the demand for supplies from feeder industries which in turn would create more jobs and lead to more employment

Question 19

What did the PWA achieve?

Answer 19

• 13,000 schools were built along with 50,000 miles of road

- But in 1933 only $110 million was spent

Question 20

What was the CWA?

Answer 20

Civil Works Admin

Question 21

When was the CWA?

Answer 21

Winter 1933-34

Question 22

What were the aims of the CWA

Answer 22

As part of FERA - set up as an extension of the PWA for the very harsh winter of 1933-34 to provide more employment

Question 23

What did the CWA achieve?

Answer 23

• Hugely successful
• Employed around 4 million including 50,000 teacher in order to keep school open
• Put $700 million into circulation

Question 24

What was the TVA?

Answer 24

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 25

What date was the TVA?

Answer 25

May 1933

Question 26

What was the aim of the TVA?

Answer 26

To help modernise and relieve suffering in the poorest southern states of USA

Question 27

What did the TVA achieve?

Answer 27

• 20 huge dams built to generate hydro electricity

- Residents of the area saw their income increase by 200% in the period 1929 to 1949.