Major New Deal Legislation And Agencies

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AAA (1933)

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(Agricultural Adjustment Administration) Henry A. Wallace
tried to regulate agricultural production through farm subsides
(recovery)

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AAA #2 (1933)

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(Agricultural Adjustment Administration) Henry A. Wallace
after disbanded; found a loop hole by producing an experimental crop
(recovery)

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Glass-Steagall Act (1933)

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prohibited commercial banks from selling stock or financing corporations
(recovery)

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CCC (1933)

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(Civilian Conservation Corps) Roosevelt
young men between the ages of 18 and 25 volunteered to be placed in camps to work on regional environment projects
(recovery)

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CWA (1933)

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(Civil Works Administration)
Roosevelt
put more than four million people to work during extremely cold winter
(relief)

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FDIC (1933)

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(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
federal guarantee of savings bank deposits increase
(relief)

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FERA (1933)

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(Federal Emergency Relief Administration)
gave money and jobs to families
(relief)

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NRA (1933)

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(National Recovery Administration) Hugh Johnson
tried to establish and administer a sys. of industrial codes to control production, prices, labor relations and trade practices among leading business interests
(relief)

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PWA (1933)

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(Public Works Administration) Harold Ickes
financed more than 34,000 construction projects; started the first federal public housing program, made the federal gov't the nation's leading producer of power and advanced conservation of the nation's natural resources

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TVA (1933)

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(Tennessee Valley Authority)
provisions for environment and recreational design; architectural, educational, and health projects and controversial public power projects
(relief)

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FCC (1934)

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(Federal Communications Commission)
made to look after communication; importance of radio established

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FHA (1934)

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(Federal Housing Administration)
expanded private home ownership w/ federal guarantees of private mortgages, down payments now 10%, & repayment 30 yrs instead of 20

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SEC (1934)

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(Securities and Exchange Commission)
regulates trading practices in stocks and bonds

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NLRB (1935)

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(National Labor Relations Board)
oversee collectice bargaining

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NYA (1935)

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(National Youth Administration) William H. Hastie and Mary McLeod Bethune
reduce competition for jobs by supporting education and training youth; paid schools for work in their schools; trained 2.6 out-of-school kids

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REA (1935)

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(Rural Electrification Administration)
helped bring electricity to the 90% of American farms that still did not have it in the 1930s

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Social Security Act (1935)

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retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and kids, handicapped and public health

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WPA (1935)

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(Works Progress Administration) Hopkins
big work relief program funded programs from construction to acting

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FSA (1937)

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(Farm Security Administration)
granted loans to small farmers and tenants for rehabilitation and to buy little farms

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Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)

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Robert Wagner
established a minimum wage of 40 cents an hr. and max. workweek of 40 hrs. for businesses engaged in interstate commerce