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New Deal Acts and Organization
For AP Us History
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History
11th Grade
04/05/2009

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Emergency Banking Act (1933)
Definition
Allowed inspection of bank records to enable financially stable banks to reopen; validated "bank holiday"
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Definition
Insured bank deposits and stabilized the banking system.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Definition
Provided work on projects, such as building roads and airports, schools and playgrounds, and parks
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Definition
Provided jobs related to conservation to men between ages of 17 and 25
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Definition
Limited farm production by paying farmers to withhold land from cultivation. Effort to raise prices.
(Declared unconstitutional)
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Definition
Administered codes of fair practices for businesses and industry.
Created Public Works Administration (PWA): provided money for construction or improvement of public buildings
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Securities Act
Definition
Gave Federal Trade Commission power to supervise new issues of stock
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Definition
Bought, built, and operated dams. Generated and sold electrical power. Planned flood control and reforestation projects.
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Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Definition
Funding for farm mortgages
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Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
Definition
Provided funding for home mortgages
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Securities and Exchange Act
Definition
Federal regulation of securities exchanges
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Banking Act of 1935
Definition
Gave Federal Reserve Board control over open-market operations
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National Youth Administration (NYA)
Definition
Provided work-relief, training, and employment to people between ages of 16 and 25 who weren't full time students.
Part time employment for students.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Definition
Provided employment on infrastructure projects (ex. dredging rivers and building highways)
Created projects for artists, writers, actors, musicians
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Social Security Act
Definition
Unemployment compensation fund
Old-age pension fund
Grants to states for care of needy dependent children, physically disabled, and women and children in poverty
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Definition
overseed union elections and defined and prohibited unfair labor practices
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Fair-Labor Standards Act
Definition
Set maximum of 44 hour workweek and minimum wage ($.25/hr) for workers engaged in interstate commerce
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