AAA-Agricultural Adjustment Act
- Established in 1933
- Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce the amount of crops planted
- Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus so prices would go up
- Farmers were paid by the federal government
- The act created a new agency
- Cotton farmers plowed under a quarter of their crops
- Farm prices more than doubled(1933-35)
- The second AAA was passed in 1938
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
- Allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to "conserve soil" amd prevent erosion
TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Signed by FDR in 1933
- Created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven state region around the Tennesse River Valley
- The agency still exists and has grown
REA-Rural Electrification Administration
- Created in 1935
- Provided farms with inexpensive electricity
- Made long term loans to state and local governments
Farm Security Administration
- Granted small farmers and tenant farmers money to ourchase farms
- The dust bowl forced a lot of farmers off their farms
Home Owners Loan Corp
- Typical home loan in 1930 required 50% down payment and had to be paid off wihin 5-7 years at an interest rate of 6-8 percent
- Established in 1933
- Lot of houses foreclosed
FHA-Federal Housing Administration
- Created in 1934
- insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying
- Designed for low income and homeless people
- USHA was absorbed by the national housing agency in 1942
NLRA
- Established in 1935
- Conducts elections for unions
- stresses collective bargaining
- investigates and fixes unfair labor practices
- Governed by five-person board
FLSA-Fair Labor Standards Act
- Established minimum wage of 40 cents/hour
- Established the 40 hour work week
- Gauranteed time and a half for overtime in certani jobs
- Prohibited most child labor
- still exist today
SSA-Social Security Administration
- Established in 1935
- Provides retirement, disablilty, and survivors benifits
- To qualify for benefits, most American workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings
- Each person is given a social Security umber
Indan Reorganization Act
- Passed in 1934
- Abolished the Daw's Act and allowed Native American to govern themselves on a tribal basis
- Allowed Native Americans to manage ad keep their own land
- Included provisions to help create hob opportunities
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