apush unit 11: fdr acts

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

provide 3M men with jobs on government camps

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

lowered production for farmers

Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

gave 3B$ to states to start work projects

Home Owners Loan Corp (HOLC)

helped w home mortgages

Civil Works Administration (CWA)

gave temporary employment

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

est infrastructure projects for employment

National youth administration (NYA)

put youth to work as interns

National Recovery Admin (NRA)

helped maintain industry

Public Works Administration (PWA)

spent 4B$ on projects to lessen unemployment

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

replace AAA

Resettlement Admin

helped move farmless farmers to better land

Indian Reorganization Act 1934

helped restore indian tribe autonomy

Truth in Securities Act

require companies to be transparent with investors

Securities & Exchange Commision (SEC)

watched over finance sector

Public Utility Holding Company Act (1953)

regulate public utilities companies

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

determine real price of electricity + bring electricity to rural areas

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

gave people loans to buy new homes

US Housing Authority (USHA)

lent $ to states to build new houses

Social Security Act

insurance for unemployed

Wagner Act

protected rights to unionize

Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO)

rank in AF of L for industrial workers

Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)

required min wage and max hours

Reorganization Act of 1919

gave prez power to restructure exec office

Hatch Act of 1939

prohibits federal employees from political campaigning