New Deal Programs

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Employed young men on public-works projects (Recovery)

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 (AAA)

Paid farmers to reduce crops; funded by processing tax later declared unconstitutional (Reform/Relief)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

insured individual bank deposits (Reform)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Employed people to do public works, research, and artistic projects (Recovery)

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Regulated industry and raised wages and prices (Reform)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Regulated securities market (Reform)

Social Security Act (SSA)

Provided unemployment benefits, pensions for the elderly, and survivor's insurance (Relief and Reform)