New Deal Alphabet Soup Agencies

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

most popular agency - employes 3 million men in reforestation , fire fighting, swamp drainage, etc. 

FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)

led by Harry L. Hopkins created CWA for temporary employment

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

built dams to create hydroelectric power - seen as “radical” → publicly owned utility companies

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

provided jobs building infrastructure & for artists

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)

paid farmers to grow less to drive prices up

PWA (Public Works Administration)

Headed by Harold L. Ickes, it aimed at long-range recovery and spent $4 billion on thousands of projects that included public buildings & highways

SSA (Social Security Act)

Old Age pensions & disability insurance

National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

• allowed unions to strike and use collective bargaining

CIO formed for unskilled workers - 4 million members by 1940