apush new deal programs

relief programs

FERA, CCC, NYA, WPA, HOLC

FERA - federal emergency relief adminstration

offered federal money to state/local govts that operated soup kitchens and relief for the jobless/homeless

CCC - civilian conservation corps

employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums

NYA - national youth administration

employed young people in school until they could find a job with a private employer

WPA - works progress administration

employed skilled and unskilled workers in projects - most were public works projects like roads and parks

HOLC - homeowner’s loan corporation

provided refinancing of small homes, preventing foreclosures

recovery programs

AAA, NIRA, TVA

AAA - agricultural adjustment act

offered to pay farmers to not produce as much by paying subsidies for every acre of unused farmland

NIRA - national industrial recovery act

created national recovery administration which helped each industry set codes for wages, work hours, levels of production, and prices for finished goods

TVA - Tennessee valley authority

employed thousands in the Tennessee valley area to work on dams, operate electric power plants, control flooding and erosion, and manufacture fertilizer

reform programs

FDIC, SEC, Wagner Act/NLRB, social security

FDIC - federal deposit insurance corp

guaranteed individual bank deposits

SEC - securities and exchnage commission

regulated the stock market and limited speculative practices

wagner act

replaced NIRA, guaranteed unionize and collectively bargain - NLRB enforced the law

social security

collected payments throughout people’s careers used the fund to pay retired people over 65 monthly