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| Emergency Banking Act (1933) |
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| Allowed inspection of bank records to enable financially stable banks to reopen; validated "bank holiday" |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
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| Insured bank deposits and stabilized the banking system. |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) |
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| Provided work on projects, such as building roads and airports, schools and playgrounds, and parks |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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| Provided jobs related to conservation to men between ages of 17 and 25 |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) |
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Limited farm production by paying farmers to withhold land from cultivation. Effort to raise prices.
(Declared unconstitutional) |
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| National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
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Administered codes of fair practices for businesses and industry.
Created Public Works Administration (PWA): provided money for construction or improvement of public buildings |
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| Gave Federal Trade Commission power to supervise new issues of stock |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
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| Bought, built, and operated dams. Generated and sold electrical power. Planned flood control and reforestation projects. |
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| Farm Credit Administration (FCA) |
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| Funding for farm mortgages |
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| Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) |
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| Provided funding for home mortgages |
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| Securities and Exchange Act |
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| Federal regulation of securities exchanges |
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| Gave Federal Reserve Board control over open-market operations |
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| National Youth Administration (NYA) |
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Provided work-relief, training, and employment to people between ages of 16 and 25 who weren't full time students.
Part time employment for students. |
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| Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
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Provided employment on infrastructure projects (ex. dredging rivers and building highways)
Created projects for artists, writers, actors, musicians |
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Unemployment compensation fund
Old-age pension fund
Grants to states for care of needy dependent children, physically disabled, and women and children in poverty |
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| National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) |
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| overseed union elections and defined and prohibited unfair labor practices |
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| Set maximum of 44 hour workweek and minimum wage ($.25/hr) for workers engaged in interstate commerce |
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