chapter 23 part 2 Flashcards

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Home Owners Loan Corporation

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Provided gov loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure.

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government. Jobs were more expensive than direct cash payments (called “the dole”)

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2nd Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Loans given to farmers by commodity city corporation

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Resettlement Administration & Farm Security Administration

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The Resettlement Administration loaned more than 1 billion to help tenant farmers become landholders and established camps for migrant farm workers, who had lived in housing. Farm Security Administration hired photographers of rural towns…

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Works Progress Administration

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Set out to create as many jobs as possible. Workers built airports, roads , etc…..

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National Youth Administration

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Ensured african-americans that they would be provided with job positions or job training.

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Wagner Act

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One of the first reforms of the second new deal and was passage of the national labor relations act.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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Set standards of wages, hours, banned child labor, and ensured the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively with employers.

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National Labor Relations Board

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provided the chance to hear testimony about unfair practices and to hold elections to find out if workers wanted union representation.

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Social Security Act

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Provides old-age insurance, disability insurance, etc….

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Rural Electrification Administration

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Financed and worked with electrical cooperatives to bring electricity to isolated areas.

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