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1
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Provided subsidies to famers who did/didn’t plant specific crops and killed off excess plants/ livestock

A

Agricultural Adjustment act (AAA) 1933

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

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

1933

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3
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The CCC is authorized to buy, sell, lend, make payments to increase production

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Commodity Credit Corporation 1933

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4
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It was designed to provide temporary jobs during the cruel winter emergency. Roads, Bridges, etc.

CWA

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Civil Works Administration (CWA)

1933

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5
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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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Emergency Banking Act (EBA)

1933

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6
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Gave small plots of land to the urban poor and supported them with low paying jobs

SHD

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Sustainable Homestead Division 1933

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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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Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

Farmers Credit Act

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8
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Oversees and regulates all aspects of US aviation

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1933

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9
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Federal Insurance to Banking accounts of up to $2,500.
-Safe and Secure

FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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10
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$500 million to support state and local treasuries

FERA

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

1933

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11
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Subsidies

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Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (FSRC)

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12
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Allowed 1/5 of America’s mortgages to become refinanced

HOLC

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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)

1933

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

NIRA

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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

1933

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Codes for business. Fair pay and work hour regulations.

NRA

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National Recovery Administration (NRA)

1933

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

PWA

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Public Works Administration (PWA)

1933

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Dams constructed to provide cheap hydroelectric power and control flooding.

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

1933

17
Q

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

FCC

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

1934

18
Q

Granted loans to home buys

  • 10% down payment
  • 30 year loan

FHA

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Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

19
Q

Managed disputes between employers and labor unions
-Rights to organize Unions

NLRB

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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

1934

20
Q

Regulates stocks and bonds trading practices
-Full financial disclosure
SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

1934

21
Q

Coordinated relief efforts after the Dust Bowl

DRS

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Drought Relief Service 1935

22
Q

Required the disclosure of information about new stock and bond issues

FSA

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Federal Security Administration (FSA) 1935

23
Q

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

NLRA

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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

1935

24
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Supported education and training of youth and provided part time employment

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National Youth Administration (NYA)

25
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Government Housing for the urban and rural poor.

RA

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Resettlement Administration (RA) 1935

26
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Provide public utilities to rural areas

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Rural Electrician Admin (REA) 1935

27
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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 Administration (SSA) 1935

28
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In charge of Social security

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Social Security Board (SSB)

1935

29
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Provided relief to the unemployed in fields of theatre, literature, art, etc.

WPA

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Works progress Administration (WPA)

1935

30
Q

Design and build 500 merchant ships

USMC

A

United States Maritime Commission (USMC) 1936

31
Q

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.

USHA

A

United States Housing Authority (USHA) 1937

32
Q 
Minimum wage (40 cent)
Overtime payment (40 hour)
Somewhat regulated child labor

FLSA

A

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

1938

33
Q

Some work projects

A

Federal Works Agency (FWA) 1939

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