February 25th - March 1st

Monday- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday- We studied for the test thursday by studying the powerpoint. 

RFC gave loans to banks, atate and local govt's, and business' to create jobs.

Dissolved during the WWII years.

CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps-

Helped the young people 

Helped men ages 18 to 25

CCC members worked 40 hours a week and were paid 30 dollars a month.

Members lived in camps and wore uniforms.

Built mIlitary bases. 

Funding stopped in 1942

Slogan was "We can take it!"

NYA- National Youth Administration-

Served 327,000 high school and college who wer paid 6 to 40 dollars a month. 

It allowed young kids to stay in school.

Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

Enacted in 1933

Distributed more than 20 million dollars in direct aid to the unemployed.

This helped the unemployed to find new jobs

 Wednesday- Went over 1930's topics.

FSA

Passed in 1933 and still around today.

Made the stock market a safer place. 

This was designed to protect peoples money.

SEC

Estalblised in 1934 and still around today.

Made stock market mreo secure.

NIRA

Aiming at supporting prices and not let prices fall

AAA

The second AAA that came about in 1930 is still around today.

Soil Conservation Act

Planted trees and they all wanted to get the nutrients back into the soil;

They did this so the dust bowl would happen again. 

TVA
The TVA built dams in Tennesse.

This helped stop the flooding

REA
Bringing electricty to the farms

These people just wanted electricty to make it to the farms. 

FSA
Established in 1935

Granted small farmers and tenant farmers money to purchase farms.

They documented the struggles of all the farmers.

Took people from cities and moved them to the farm lands. 

Thursday- 

FHA

These people made sure that housing was good. They wanted to make housing easier for all people. 

Created in 1934

Still around today.

USHA 

This was designed to destry slums and then rebuild the houses.

This would help the poorer people get nicer homes.

Created in 1937

The USHA was absorbed by the National Housing agency in 1942

SSA

Established in 1935 and is still around today.

Provides retierment benefits.

Each person is given a social security number.

FFDCA

Passed in 1938 and still around today. 

Banned drug labeling.

Made sure that things that people bought, was safe. 

IRA
Passed in 1934

Made the Dawes act and allowed the Americans to Americanize the Native Americans. 

Allowed the Native Americans to keep their own land.

The IRA is still around today.

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