Alphabet Agencies - The New Deal

Question 1

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Answer 1

• 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 2

National Recovery Administration

Answer 2

• 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 3

Civilian Conservation Corps

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.
• 1.3 billion trees planted.

Question 4

Public Works Administration

Answer 4

• 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 5

Civil Works Administration

Answer 5

• Aims:
  
  • Part of FERA
  • Set up as an extension of the PWA for the very harsh winter of 1933-34.
  • Provide more employment.
• Achievements:
  
  • Employed around 4 million.
  • 50,000 teachers employed in order to keep schools open .
  • It put $700 million into circulation.

Question 6

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Answer 6

• 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 5k public buildings.
  • 7,000 bridges.
  • Employed teachers.
  • Over 1,500,000 adults were taught to read and write.

Question 7

Tennessee Valley Authority

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.