BPA- Bonneville Power Administration- Columbia River, Turbines that created electricity, used until they could find real electricity, powered by water.NIRA-National Industrial Recovery Act- granted trade, union rights, and permitted working standardsUSHA- United States Housing Association- homes that 6000 people builtPWA- Public Works Association- passed in 1933 gave people jobs, worked on construction sites, built dams, schools, hospitals, Harold Ickes started it all,CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps- started in 1982 FDR started it, only hired young men, built roads, waterways for farmers in their fields, ended on july 1st 1982CWA- Civil Works Administration- gave people jobs, in 1933, FDRREA- Rural Electrification Administration- brought electricity to rural areas, loans were given out, FDR, passed in 1935FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation- established in 1933, guarantees deposits up to 250,000 at each insured bank, still used today in over 7000 institutionsNLRB- National Labor Relations Board- established in 1944, made to control labor union riots, stopped the riots, still around today.FHA- Federal Housing Act- created in 1934 from the NHA, regulate the rate of interest insured, made it cheaper for people to buy houses, had to meet special requirements, still around todaySEC- Securities And Exchange Commission- controlled trading between bonds and stocks, set up in 1934, FDR, still around todayFLSA- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938- introduced 44 hour work week, prohibited work for minorsTVA- Tennessee Valley Authority- created in 1933, bought land on the Tennessee River to build a dam to power to build a facility to build war machineryFDRA- Federal Emergency Relief Administration- created in 1933, resolved in 1935, get rid of household unemployment, unskilled workers to do physical laborSSA- Social Security Act- drafted by FDR in 1935, promoted federal assistance to the elderly, a lot of edits over the years, still around today, main purpose was to fight unemployment
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