Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA 1933 Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion.
Civil Works Administration CWA 1933 Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934.
Civilian Conservation Corps 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.
Federal Emergency Relief Act FERA 1933 Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers.
Glass-Steagall Act FDIC 1933 Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures.
National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA 1933 Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers.
National Youth Administration NYA 1935 Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.
Public Works Administration PWA 1933 Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects.
Rural Electrification Administration REA 1935 Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified.
Securities and Exchange Commission SEC 1934 Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying.
Social Security Act
1935 Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA 1933 Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. First public competition with private power industries
Wagner Act NLRB 1935 Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management.
Works Progress Administration WPA 1935 Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects.
2006-12-20 00:53:23
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answered by baldisbeautiful 5
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the Great Depression -- New Deal agencies youth Civilian Conservation Corps
... of the first alpahbet soup agencies the President established under his New Deal. ... Two stripes were Assistant Leader, three strips for the Leader. ...www.histclo.com/essay/war/dep/cou/us/nda-ccc.html
2006-12-20 01:14:34
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answered by Anonymous
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National Recovery Administration, Social Security and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
2006-12-20 00:52:22
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answered by Flab 3
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The FDA, the FDIC, and the Federal Reserve System (the "Fed") were created by the New Deal. They are all still around.
2006-12-20 00:57:20
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answered by Sloane 2
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Social Security Administration.
I think Medicare and Medicaid were also created at that time.
Good luck!
2006-12-20 00:49:46
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answered by Vosot 3
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