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AAA agricultural adjustment act 1933 reduce crop surplus farmers were paid by the government for leaving some land untilled killed 6 million pigs deemed unconstitonal in 1936

SCDAA allowed government to pay farmens to reduce production so to conserve soil and prevent erosion educated farmers how to use land without damaging in

TVA tennessee valley authority created to generate electric power and control floods in a esven state region around tennessee river valley

REA rural electrictication administration 1935 provided farms with inexpensive electric lighting and power and eventually telephone services theis brought all the electrical appliances that the cities had since the 1920

 FSA farm security adminstration granted small farmers and tenant farmers money to purhase farms the dust bown forced alot of farmers off their land many farmers bought tractors woth the money from the aaa

HOLC home owners loan corporation the typical home loan in 1930 required a 5o percent down payment and had to be paid off within 5-7 years buyers aid the entire interest change at the end of the payback

FHA 1934 insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying

USHA untied states housing authority 1937 designed for low income and homeless people absorbed by the national housing agencey in 1942

NLRA natonal labor relations act or board established in 1935 conducts elections for unions stresses collective barganing investages and fixes unfair labor practices

FLSA fair labor standards act  established national minimum wage 40 cents a hour established the 40 hour week guaranteed time and a half for overtime in certian jobs prohibited most child labor still exists today

SSA social security adminsistration 1935 provides retirement disabiltiy and  survivors benefits to those who qualify furure benefits are based on employees contrbutions each person is given a social security number

IDA 1934 indian reganizarion act abolished the dawes act and allowed native american to govern themselves on a tribal bsis allowed native americans to manage and keep their own land included provisions to help create job opportunities on indian reservations

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