Chapter 26, Section 2- Major Programs of the New Deal

FERA

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

PWA

Public Works Administration

AAA

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority

CCC

Civllian Conservation Corps

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

NRA

National Recovery Administration

WPA

Works Progress Administration

REA

Rural Electrification Administration

NYA

National Youth Administration

provided federal money for relief projects to the roughly 13 million unemployed

FERA

created jobs (primary focus) by having people build highways, bridges, and other public works

PWA

regulated farm production and promoted soil conservation- declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

AAA

planned development of the Tennessee Valley Region; provides power through a variety of sources to almost all of TN and parts of MS, KY, AL, GA, NC, and VA

TVA

hired young men to plant trees, build dams, and work on other conservation projects

CCC

created by the Glass-Steagall Act in June 1933

protects the money of depositors

FDIC

regulated industry and raised wages and prices

NRA

established large-scale national works programs to create jobs

WPA

brought electricity to rural areas

REA

set up job programs for young people and helped them continue their reduction; run by/headed by Mary McLeod Bethume

NYA

NLRB

National Labor Relations Board

protected laborers rights’ to form unions and set up a board to hear labor disputes

Wagner Act

helped four groups of people with insurance; the unemployed, retired, disabled, and dependent children

Social security

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

Which five programs are still in use today?

FDIC, SEC, TVA, Wagner Act, Social Security