Alphabet soup Flashcards
Agricultural Adjustment act (AAA) 1933
Provided subsidies to famers who did/didn’t plant specific crops and killed off excess plants/ livestock
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
1933
Provided young men with employment in government camps. Flood control, fire fighting, etc.
Commodity Credit Corporation 1933
The CCC is authorized to buy, sell, lend, make payments to increase production
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
1933
It was designed to provide temporary jobs during the cruel winter emergency. Roads, Bridges, etc.
Emergency Banking Act (EBA)
1933
Gave the president the power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange to open closed banks that would survive
Sustainable Homestead Division 1933
Gave small plots of land to the urban poor and supported them with low paying jobs
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Farmers Credit Act
Regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the
Farm Credit System
Lowered framers refinancing rates
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1933
Oversees and regulates all aspects of US aviation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Insurance to Banking accounts of up to $5,000.
-Safe and Secure
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
1933
$500 million to support state and local treasuries
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (FSRC)
Subsidies
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)
1933
Allowed 1/5 of America’s mortgages to become refinanced
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
1933
Gave the president authority to permit monopolies and cartels. Established a national public works program.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
1933
Codes for business. Fair pay and work hour regulations.
Public Works Administration (PWA)
1933
Provided funding to many projects to provide jobs and improve the nations infrastructure
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
1933
Dams constructed to provide cheap hydroelectric power and control flooding.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
1934
Had power to revoke the license of radio stations that failed to operate in public interest.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Granted loans to home buys
- 10% down payment
- 30 year loan
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
1934
Managed disputes between employers and labor unions
-Rights to organize Unions
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
1934
Regulates stocks and bonds trading practices
-Full financial disclosure
Drought Relief Service 1935
Coordinated relief efforts after the Dust Bowl
Federal Security Administration (FSA) 1935
Required the disclosure of information about new stock and bond issues
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
1935
Protected the rights to Labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Supported education and training of youth and provided part time employment
Resettlement Administration (RA) 1935
Government Housing for the urban and rural poor.
Rural Electrician Admin (REA) 1935
Provide public utilities to rural areas
Social Security Administration (SSA) 1935
Guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65 and the handicap and unemployed
Social Security Board (SSB)
1935
In charge of Social security
Works progress Administration (WPA)
1935
Provided relief to the unemployed in fields of theatre, literature, art, etc.
United States Maritime Commission (USMC) 1936
Design and build 500 merchant ships
United States Housing Authority (USHA) 1937
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.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
1938
Minimum wage (40 cent) Overtime payment (40 hour) Somewhat regulated child labor
Federal Works Agency (FWA) 1939
Some work projects
