Alphabet Laws = Descriptions

Question 1

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Answer 1

Banks close for 8 days and Bank deposits up to 5000 insured

Question 2

FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)

Answer 2

A program that funded public works programs with relief funds that were sent to depleted local funds. Social Worker Harry Hopkins

Question 3

CWA (Civil Works Association)

Answer 3

Public Works programmes giving the unemployed jobs - infrastructure developement.

Question 4

HOLC (Home Owners Loan Corporation)

Answer 4

Established to help people keep their houses - refinanced the home lloans of middle-income home owners

Question 5

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

Answer 5

Helped farmers and created jobs in one of Americas least modernized areas. Tackled, soil erosion, flooding and lack of trees

Question 6

WPA (Workers Progress Administration)

Answer 6

Provided work for millions of americans constructing and repairing schools, hospitals, etc.

Question 7

FLSA (Fair Labour Standards Act of 1938)

Answer 7

Banned Child Labour and set a minimum wage

Question 8

SSA (Social Security Act)

Answer 8

Established a new system that provided old-age pensions for workers, survivor’s benefits for the victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind and the physically disabled