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24 Cards in this Set
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
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Sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices; provided financial aid - paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Provided jobs for more than two million young men; replanted forests, built trails, dug irrigation ditches, and fought fires. FDR's favorite "New Deal" program.
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Civil Works Administration (CWA)
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Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
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Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers.
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Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
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Insured bank loans used for building and repairing homes.
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Farm Security Administration (FSA)
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The FSA stressed "rural rehabilitation" efforts to improve the lifestyle of sharecroppers, tenants, and very poor landowning farmers, and a program to purchase poor land owned by poor farmers and resettle them in group farms on land more suitable for efficient farming.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
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Loaned money at low interest rates to homeowners who could not meet mortgage payments.
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National Recovery Administration (NRA)
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Developed codes of fair competition to govern whole industries; established minimum wages for workers and prices for goods sold.
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National Youth Administration (NYA)
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Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.
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Public Works Administration (PWA)
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Built buildings, dams, power plants and government buildings; built NYC's Triborough Bridge, the Overseas Highway linking Miami and Key West & the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River; created millions of jobs for workers.
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Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
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loaned $ to electric utilities to build power lines bringing electricity to isolated rural areas.
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Social Security Administration (SSA)
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established unemployment insurance for workers who lost their jobs; created insurance for victims of work-related accidents; provided aid for poverty stricken mothers and children, blind & disabled.
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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Built a series of dams in the Tennessee River Valley to control floods & to generate electric power, replanted forests, built fertilizer plants, created jobs and attracted industry with the promise of cheap power.
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Work Projects (Progress) Administration (WPA)
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Built/improved highways, dredged rivers and harbors, and promoted soil and water conservation; provided programs in the arts for displaced artists; employed more than 8 million people.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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insured bank deposits up to $5,000.
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Regulate the stock market and make it a safer place for investments.
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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looked into worker's complaints.
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American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Craft Unions - Samuel Gompers - organization of several craft unions, strong supporter of the New Deal.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
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Industrial Unions - John L. Lewis broke away from the AFL to form the CIO in the 1930's, and competed bitterly with them until they recombined in 1955.
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Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)
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Regulated bank transactions (not in book - just on crossword)
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Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FDCA)
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required manufacturers to list ingredients of their products (not in book - just on crossword)
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Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)
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promoted efficiency and savings in light and power companies (not in book - just on crossword)
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United States Housing Authority (USHA)
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provided federal loans for home improvement (not in book - just on crossword)
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
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Set up minimum wages and maximu hours (not in book - just on crossword)
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