BPA - Boneville Power Administration; turbines that created electricity
NIRA _ national industry recovery act; granted trades
USHA - united states housing administration; it was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost home construction, homes were designed for low income and homeless people
PWA - public works administration; new jobs for people. created as many jobs as possible in many different varieties, built lots of schools and hospitals between 1933-39
CCC - civilian conservation corps; help create jobs
CWA - civil works administration; create jobs, mainly men, paid them 15 dollars a week, they created construction jobs, mainly improving or constructing buildings and bridges, cost the government over 800 million dollars and was cancelled in just one year
REA - rural electrification administration; Roosevelt, 1935, brought electricity to rural areas and farms;
FDIC - federal deposit insurance cooperation; guaranteed deposits up to a quarter of a million dollars; insured peoples money in banks up to $1000, passed in response to the bank failures after the stock market crash
NLRB - national labors relations board; 1934, control labor union riots, still around today
SEC - security and exchange commission; controlled trading between bonds and stock
FLSA - fair labor standards act; established 40 hour work week, and other rules
TVA - Tennessee valley authority; government bought land on Tennessee river, build weapons
FERA - federal emergency relief act, distributed more than 20 million dollars in direct aid to the unemployed, help find the unemployed jobs
SSA - social security act; Roosevelt, 1935; federal assistance to the elderly; safety net for retirees; main purpose was to fight unemployment
NRA - national recovery association;
AAA - Agricultural adjustment act; protected farmers from price drops; 1933; Roosevel; restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce the amount of crops planted; farm prices nearly doubled
HOLC - home owners loan corperation; refinance homes, sold to lenders; restabilize the real estate, saved a lot of jobs
SCS - soil conservation service; conserve soil and control floods
RFC - reconstruction finance corp - gave loans to banks, state and local governments and businesses to create projects for people; gave state loans for emergency relief needs, started under Hoover
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps - work 40 hours a week and were paid 30 dollars a month, requirement that 25 dollars of it be sent home to family, planted trees, fought forest fires, stopped soil erosion, help construct military bases during WW2
WPA
Works progress administration
established in 1935 largest and most comprehensive New Deal Agency, provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression, primarily employed unskilled workers in construction projects across the nation, built roads, bridges, buildings, airport runways
NYA
National Youth Administration
Established 1935, pushed heavily by Eleanor Roosevelt, would pay high school and college kids to work with younger kids at a YMCA or something, included women
EBRA
Emergency Bank Relief Act
passed in response to thousands of banks that closed down, they would close down the bank, reorganize it and then reopen the bank when it was stable
FSA
Federal Securities Act
Passed in 1933, made the stock market a safer place for people to invest their money, required that investors receive significant information regarding securities being offered for public sale, prohibited deceit, misrepresentations and other fraud in the sale of securities to the public
NRA and NIRA
National Recovery Administration and National Industrial Recovery Act
established codes of fair competition aimed at supporting prices and wages and stimulating economic recovery from the Great Depression, the administration tried to make voluntary agreements dealing with the hour
SEC - established in 1934, this organization regulates the stock market therefore making the market more secure and safer for peoples money
Banking Act of 1935
made the FDIC a permanent agency within the US government , strengthened the power of the Federal Reserve making banking safer overall
FFDCA
Food, Drug and Cosmetic
gave the food and drug administration power to regulate these industries, mandated a review of the safety of all new drugs before going to market
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion. Educated farmers on how to use their land effectively
FSA
Farm security administration
granted small farmers and tenant farmers to money to purchase farms, the dust bowl forced a lot of farmers off their farms
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
1934, insured loans made by banks and other private lenders
NLRA
National Labor Relations Act
Established in 1935, conducts election for unions, stresses collective bargaining, investigates and fixes unfair labor practices, governed by a five person board whose members are appointed by the president
FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act
established a national minimu wage - 40 cents an hour. Established the 40 hour work week. Guaranteed time and a half for overtime in certain jobs. Prohibited most child labor. Still exists today
SSA
Social security administration
established in 1935. Provides retirement, disability, and survivors benefits. To qualify for these benefits, most American workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings. Future benefits are based on employees contributions
IRA
Indian Reorganization Act
allowed native Americans to manage and keep their own land
1. Social Security Administration.
The Social Security Administration was a good thing to have because it helps people for after they retire so then they can have some money. It also helps people for if they have people in their families who died.
2. Civilian Conservation Corps
This helped people a lot during the Great Depression. It helped them because it gave jobs to people who needed them.
3. Fair Labor Standards Act
This was important to the nation because it established a minimum wage. It also established a 40 hour week.
4. Agricultural Adjustment Act
It really helped the farmers cause they make food for us. Farm prices nearly doubled as a result of this.
5. Works Progress Administration
This created jobs for many people during the Great Depression. They built lots of roads, bridges, buildings, and airport runways.
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