Monday- No School
Tuesday- Civillian conservation corps
- Passed in 1933 during the "one hundred days"
- Limited to young men age 18-25 whose fathers were on relief.
- The U.S. Army operated the camps.
Planted trees, fought forest fires, stopped soil erosion.
Helped construct military bases during WW1
Funding stopped in 1942.
National Youth Administration
- Established in 1935 and was part of the WPA
- They were paid 6-40 dollars per month
- It allowed thousands of young people to stay in school.
Federal Emercency releif
- Enacted in 1933
- FERA distributed more than 20 million dollars in direct aid to the unemployment,
- This in turn would help unemployment to find new jobs.
Wednesday-
Thursday- Studied for test. New deal programs.
Federal Housing Administration
- The Federal Housing Administration was created in 1934.
- Insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying.
- The goals of this organization are to improve housing standards and conditions and to provide an adequate home financing system
United States Housing Authority
- Created in 1937
- 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
- The USHA was absorbed by the national Housing agency in 1942.
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.
Food, Drug and cosmetic Act
- Passed in 1938
- 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.
- Banned false therapeutic claims in drug labeling.
Indian Reorganization act
- Passed in 1934
- Abolished the Dawes Act and allowed Native American to govern themselves on a tribal basis.
- Allowed Native Americans to manage and keep their own land.
- Included provisions to help create job opportunities on Indian reservations. This is led to many casinos on Indian reservations.
- The Act is still around today.
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