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12 Cards in this Set
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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AAA
1933 Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. |
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Civil Works Administration
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CWA
1933 Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934 |
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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CCC
1933 Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families. |
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Federal Emergency Relief Act
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FERA
1933 Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers. |
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Glass-Steagall Act
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FDIC
1933 Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures. |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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NIRA
1933 Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers. |
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National Youth Administration
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NYA
1935 Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students |
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Public Works Administration
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PWA
1933 Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects. |
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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SEC
1934 Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying. |
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Social Security Act
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No Acronym
1935 Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled and dependent children. |
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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TVA
1933 Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. First public competition with private power industries. |
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Works Progress Administration
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WPA
1935 Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects. |
