Time period 7

Civillian Conservation Corps

Work relief program for young unemployed men; employment offered in conservation projects like building roads, developing parks, planting trees etc.

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Provided immediate relif funds to states to help the needy and unemplyed.

Public Works Administration

Provided both industrial recovery and unemployment relief. Created jobs on government projects; highways, public buildings, parkways

Works Progress Administration

Creating a variety of jobs. Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports. Employed artists, writers, and musicians in public projects

National Youth Administration

Provided job training for the unemployed young people and part-time jobs for needy students. Ages: 16-25

National Recovery Administration

Created codes to set prices and wages to reduce destructive competition between buisnesses

Securities and Exchange Commision

Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Regulated agricultural industry. Paid farmers to destroy surplus and limit production

Tennessee Valley Authority

Built dams, technologically urbanize farms, provided cheap electric power to the TN valley, and set up schools and health centers

National Labor Relations Board

Enforced fair labor practices, setteled disputes between workers and management

Fair Labor Standards Act

Established a minimum hourly wage and a maximum number of hours in the workweek for the entire country.

Social Security Administration

Provided a pension for retired workers and aided people with disabilities.

Farm credit administration

provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers

Glass-Steagall Act

established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation

Homeowners Corporation

Provided refinancing for small homes to prevent foreclosures.

Resettlement Act

assisted poor families and sharecroppers in beginning new farms or purchasing land