Ch. 18 Acts and Organization

Question 1

Made grants to states to use as they wished/FEMA

Answer 1

FERA

Question 2

provided jobs on construction projects instead of giving handouts

Answer 2

PWA

Question 3

gave high school and college students part time work to stay in school

Answer 3

NYA

Question 4

offered outdoor work to unemployed single men

Answer 4

CCC

Question 5

regulated the stock market

Answer 5

SEC

Question 6

required companies to be truthful about stocks and bonds sold

Answer 6

Federal Securities Act

Question 7

reinstated workers fired for supporting unions

Answer 7

NLRB

Question 8

gave loans to tenant farmers to purchase land

Answer 8

Farm Security Administration

Question 9

government paid money to the farmers to reduce production of crops

Answer 9

AAA

Question 10

abolished child labor

Answer 10

Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 11

work program that spent over $1 billion in 5 months and was cancelled

Answer 11

CWA

Question 12

built 20 dams/electricity/seven state region

Answer 12

TVA

Question 13

returned tribal ownership of Native American lands that were for sale

Answer 13

Indian Reorganization Act

Question 14

gave unemployed insurance and retirement to people over 65

Answer 14

Social Security Act

Question 15

employed writers, teachers, actors, etc… to use their skills

Answer 15

WPA

Question 16

industrial union for steel workers/later joins with the AFL

Answer 16

CIO

Question 17

insured depositor’s life savings in banks

Answer 17

FDIC