Tuesday 8, 2011

We started right off with presentations

 

NYA

-National Youth Administration

-Helped tennagers and collage students work while still being able to continue thier education

-started 1935

-gave students money in exchange for work

-included women

-Elenor Roosevelt helped start it

-it was successful

 

FLSA

-Fair Labor Standards Act

-bill designed to limit the max number of hours and how much workers could pay

-also sets age they could apply, and how many hours you could work under 16

-still around

 

EBRA

-Emergency Bank Relife Act

-started 1933

-made it so the government could close down, rebuild, and reopen banks

-helped around 5000 banks reopen

-Gave pres. control over the countries finance

-was successful

 

Social Security Act

-formed in 1934

-gave assistance to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

-made a fund out of your earned money so you have a retirement fund

 

FSA

-Federal Security Act

-created because stock market crashed

-gov't wanted to stabilize the economy

-requires buisnesses to give complete info. about the stock

-made rules with some exeptions for the stock market

-buisnesses had to register with the security and exchange commission

-was succesful and and is still around

 

IRA

-Indian relife act

-let indians form jobs and eduactions

-still around and was successful

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