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Agricultural Adjustment act (AAA) 1933

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Provided subsidies to famers who did/didn’t plant specific crops and killed off excess plants/ livestock

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

1933

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Provided young men with employment in government camps. Flood control, fire fighting, etc.

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Commodity Credit Corporation 1933

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The CCC is authorized to buy, sell, lend, make payments to increase production

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Civil Works Administration (CWA)

1933

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It was designed to provide temporary jobs during the cruel winter emergency. Roads, Bridges, etc.

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Emergency Banking Act (EBA)

1933

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Gave the president the power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange to open closed banks that would survive

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Sustainable Homestead Division 1933

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Gave small plots of land to the urban poor and supported them with low paying jobs

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Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

Farmers Credit Act

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Regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the
Farm Credit System

Lowered framers refinancing rates

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1933

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Oversees and regulates all aspects of US aviation

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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Federal Insurance to Banking accounts of up to $5,000.

-Safe and Secure

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

1933

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$500 million to support state and local treasuries

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Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (FSRC)

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Subsidies

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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)

1933

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Allowed 1/5 of America’s mortgages to become refinanced

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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

1933

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Gave the president authority to permit monopolies and cartels. Established a national public works program.

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National Recovery Administration (NRA)

1933

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Codes for business. Fair pay and work hour regulations.

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Public Works Administration (PWA)

1933

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Provided funding to many projects to provide jobs and improve the nations infrastructure

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

1933

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Dams constructed to provide cheap hydroelectric power and control flooding.

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

1934

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Had power to revoke the license of radio stations that failed to operate in public interest.

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Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

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Granted loans to home buys

  • 10% down payment
  • 30 year loan
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

1934

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Managed disputes between employers and labor unions

-Rights to organize Unions

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

1934

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Regulates stocks and bonds trading practices

-Full financial disclosure

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Drought Relief Service 1935

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Coordinated relief efforts after the Dust Bowl

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Federal Security Administration (FSA) 1935

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Required the disclosure of information about new stock and bond issues

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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

1935

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Protected the rights to Labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes

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National Youth Administration (NYA)

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Supported education and training of youth and provided part time employment

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Resettlement Administration (RA) 1935

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Government Housing for the urban and rural poor.

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Rural Electrician Admin (REA) 1935

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Provide public utilities to rural areas

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Social Security Administration (SSA) 1935

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Guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65 and the handicap and unemployed

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Social Security Board (SSB)

1935

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In charge of Social security

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Works progress Administration (WPA)

1935

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Provided relief to the unemployed in fields of theatre, literature, art, etc.

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United States Maritime Commission (USMC) 1936

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Design and build 500 merchant ships

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United States Housing Authority (USHA) 1937

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Created to subsidize rents for the poor and give long term loans to organizations which promised to assume part of the cost slum clearance and public housing.

32
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

1938

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Minimum wage (40 cent)
Overtime payment (40 hour)
Somewhat regulated child labor
33
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Federal Works Agency (FWA) 1939

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Some work projects

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