The NEW DEAL

Federal Emergency Relief ADMIN. (RELIEF)

Created in 1933, FERA supported nearly five million households each month and funded thousands of work projects for the unemployed. It also provided vaccinations and literacy classes fro millions of poor people.

Civilian Conservation Corps (Relief)

Created in 1933, the CCC took unmarred men aged 18-25 from relief rolls and sent them into the woods and fields to work on conservation projects )to plant trees , build parks, roads, and fight soil erosion on federal lands) Young men sent their $30 a month to their families and left a legacy of outdoor recreation areas. The SCCC provided jobs for 2.5 million young men during its ten years.

Civil Works Administration (Relief)

Created in 1933, the CWA employed 4 million people paid an average of $15 a week many in useful constriction jobs such as repairing schools, laying sewer pipes, and building roads. Some CWA jobs, however, were criticized as useless like leaf raking

Public Works Administration (Relief/Recovery)

Established by the NIRA in 1933, the PWA was intended for both industrial recovery and unemployment relief. Eventually over $4 billion was spent on 34000 construction projects including public buildings, highways, bridges, and dams for water and power.

Work Progress Administration

Established under the $4.8 billion Emergency Relief Appropriation Act 1935, the WPA asted until 1943 and employed at least 8.5 million people at an average of $2 a day. They built thousands of roads, bridges, schools, post offices, and other public construction projects. In addition, under the WPA art's program, thousands of unemployed writers, musicians, artists, acros, adn photographs temporarily went on the federal payroll, roduing public projects ranging from murals to national park guidebooks.

National Youth Administration (Relief)

Created under the Emergency Relief Act of 1935 the NYA provided more than 4.5 million jobs for young people including job training and part time hobs for needy students.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (Reform)

To restore confidence in banks and encourage savings, Congress created the FDIC to insure bank customers against the loss of up to $5000 of their deposits if their bank should fail. Created by the Glass - Steagall Banking Reform Act of 1933, the FDIC s still in existence and protects up to $100,000 today.

National Recovery Administration (Recovery)

The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 created by the NRA to promote economic recovery by ending wage and price deflation and restoring competition by setting fair business codes and quotas. Under its symbol of a blue eagle and slogan, the NRA temporarily restored investor confidence and consumer morale,

Securities and Exchange Commission (Reform)

The SEC was created in 1934 to serve as a federal watchdog administrative agency to protect public and private investors from a stock market fraud, deception an insider manipulation on Wall Street. The SEC is still in existence.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (Recovery)

Created in 1933, the AAA paid farmers to burn crops, not plant more crops, and kill livestock in order to reduce surpluses (which had been caused by overproduction) so that prices would rise. Farm income rose, but many tenants and share-croppers were pushed into the ranks of the unemployed. In 1936 the Supreme Court voided the AAA.

Tennessee Valley Authority (Reform)

Perhaps the most ambitious undertaking of the New Deal, the TVA was a comprehensive federal agency created in 1933 for the economic development of the Tennessee River valley. The TVA built twenty dams to control flooding, generate hydroelectric power, increase agricultural production, and revitalize the Tennessee Valley region. The TVA also provided hobs, low-cost housing, reforestation, and other services.

Rural Electrification Administration (Reform)

Before the New Deal, only 10 percent of the country outside cities and towns had electricity. The REA (1935) gave low cost loans to farm cooperatives to bring power into their RURAL communities. By 1941, the REA succeeded in raising to 40% the number of farms with electricity.

Farm Security Administration (Relief)

The FAS was created in 1937 to aid sharecroppers. The FSA set up temporary housing for Okies and Arkies who migrated to California to find work.

Federal Housing Administration (Recovery)

The FHA was created in 1934 to stimulate the building industry by providing small loans for home construction and repair.

Home Owners Loan Corporation

Loaned money at low interest to homeowners who could not meet mortgage payments.

National Labor Relations Act (Reform)

The NLRA (also called the Wagner Act) of 1935 created the National Labor Relations Board to protect the rights of organized labor to organize and collectively bargain with employers = FINALLY GET THE RIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED

Fair Labor Standards Act (Reform)

The last major piece of New Deal Legislation (1938), this important labor law set the minimum wage (25 cents an hour) and maximum hour standards (establishing the 40 hour work week). It also severely curbed child labor.

Indian Reorganization Act (Reform)

The Indian Removal Act of 1934 reversed the forced -assimilation policies in effect since the Dawes Act of 1887. The IRA tried to stop the loss of Indian lands and encouraged the Native American tribes to establish local self-government and to preserve their native crafts and traditions.

Social Security Administration (Reform)

The Social Security Act of 1935 established the SSA to administer a national pension fund for retired persons, an unemployment insurance system, and public assistance programs for dependent mothers , children, and the physically disabled. It exists today as the nation's most important and expensive domestic program, covering over 40 million Americans and accounting for one fourth of the federal budget.