Wednesday 1/23/13

BPA- stared in 1937 located on the Columbia river.

USHA- united states housing authorization homes built for poor people

PWA - Public works administration work on roads dams bridges

CCC- Civilian conservation course 1932 build roads and did stuff in ag

CWA- it created jobs for 15 dollars to expensive to fund not a full year lasted

REA- rural electrification administration Farmers could not afford it

FDI- Federal Deposit Insurance 1933

NLRB- NATIONAL Labor Relations controls riots still here today

FHA- Federal Houseing act

SEC- sSecurity and exchange commission still here today

FLSA- Fair labor standards act 42 hour work week

FERA- Ferdal Emergency Relief act

NRA- National recovery Act

AAA- Agricultural adjustment act help farms to make money 1933 by Roosevelt

HOLC- Home owners loans association

SCS - soil conservation service CONTROL FLOODS had to save the soil

New Deal

RFC- Reconstruction finance corporation 1932 gave loans to banks state and local gov

CCC- passed 1933 100 days 40 hours week 30 dollars a month

FERA- federal Emergency Relief act in 19333 20 million dollar for unemployment

PWA- Public works administration 1933 made many jobs

CWA- civil works administration 1933 didnt last a year cost too much money

WPA- 1935 works progress administration did work on bridges and roads

NYA National youth administration 1935 high school and collage students help them

EBRA- Emergency bank relief act passed in 5 days would fix closed banks and open them again

FCS- federal securities act made the stock market a safer place

AAA- Agriculture adjustment act. 1913-dont sell the crops/ payed the farmers to not. farm prices nearly doubled. alot of animals were slaughtered.  starvation in big cities. AAA was passed in 1938.  governement to conserve oil. and how to use land effectivly without damaging it. Soil erosion had dropped 65 percent.

TVA- generate electric power and control floods in seven state region. 

REA- Rural electrification  Administration.

FSA- Gave farmers money to buy land

HOLC- Home owners loan corporation/ saved a lot of jobs...

NLRA- National labor relations act.

FLSA- Fair Labor Standards Act/ Established 40 hours a week. 

SSA- Social security administration-  established in 1935. provides retirement/ disability, and survivors' benefits. Each person is given a social security number.

IRA- passed in 1934,

1. SSA-gives money to the retired. and we need that. identification

2. EBRA- shuts down banks and then reopens them.

3. FLSA- Made minimum wage

4. CCC-  Restored trees and other  conservation items.

5. AAA- The government paid farmers not to sell their crops and use them for next year.

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