Alphabet Agencies

What was the TVA

huge federal planning agency that would help seven states to recover from the Depression, aimed to:

• provide work for southerners

• generate and extend coverage of electricity to remote farms

• control flooding and improve the productivity of land

• planned to build up to 20 dams supervised by the TVA

what was the CCC

CIVILLIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

took unemployed men into the countryside and gave them tough outdoor jobs, including train building and reservoir digging for $30 a month, most of the income had to be sent back home which ensured families benefitted from the scheme too

what was the PWA

PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION

followed the CCC to help employ greater numbers, giving $3.3 billion of federal money to spend on big construction projects, such as the Grand River Dam in Oklahoma, to create jobs for construction workers

what was the NRA

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION

set quotas on how much was produced, controlled prices, set wages, limited working hours and banned child labour. any business which followed the code were offered incentives and allowed to display the symbol of the NRA, the Blue Eagle

what was the NIRA

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT

gave workers the legal right to join unions, which gave them to power to join together to fight for better pay, working hours and conditions. caused union membership to rise from 3.1M in 1932 to 3.9M in 1939

what was the AAA

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA): solved the problems in agriculture to help farmers