Karteikarten
New Deal Programs
Karten in diesem Stapel (17)
- 1Glass-Steagall ActThis established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The Americans were affected and it brought trust because their money in the bank was insured.
- 2SEC - Securities and Exchange CommissionThis affected the people and companies, it wanted to regulate the stock market to prevent people from rigging the stock market system to their advantage.
- 3NIRA - National Industrial Recovery ActThis was created to try to help the people gain more jobs in the industrial industry, an example being construction.
- 4CWA - Civil Works AdministrationThis was created to help people find jobs. It provided 4 million immediate jobs during the winter of 1933-1934. The CWA had built 40,000 schools and provided 50,000 jobs as school teachers.
- 5AAA - Agricultural Adjustment ActThis was formed to help the people, farmers in general. It sought out to convince farmers to not grow as many crops or slaughter their pigs in order to raise their prices.
- 6CCC - Civilian Construction CorpsThis put men 18-25 years of age to work constructing roads, parks, etc.
- 7PWA - Public Works AdministrationThis was created in 1933 to provide money to try to create jobs for the people in constructing schools and other community buildings.
- 8TVA - Tennessee Valley AuthorityThis was put to work in favor of the people. It sought to renovate 5 dams and add 20 more, providing jobs and using the dams for flood control, energy, etc.
- 9NRA - National Recovery AdministrationThis was created to help industrial growth. The NRA set prices of products and put forth standards. The NRA wanted to interrupt the current trend of wage cuts, falling prices, and layoffs.
- 10HOLC - Home Owners Loan CorporationThis gave government loans to homeowners so they could help the people who otherwise couldn’t pay off their loan payments and faced foreclosure.
- 11RERA - Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationThis impacted people who were unemployed, aged, the ill, or the needy. They were funded with $500 million to provide people with funds to buy money or clothing. Also, it was used to help support work relief programs.
- 12Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment ActThe act helped farmers. It paid farmers to cut production of crops that harmed soil and rewarded farmers that used soil conservation techniques.
- 13FSA - Farm Security AdministrationThis helped and impacted the people because it loaned money to farmers to help them become landowners.
- 14WPA - Works Progress AdministrationThis sought out to help the youths, professionals, and other workers by creating as many jobs as possible ASAP. The workers built airports, constructed/repaired roads, and constructed buildings. Women workers would sew.
- 15NYA - National Youth AdministrationThis was created to help the young people. The intention was to provide education, jobs, counseling, and recreation.
- 16Social Securities ActThis act provided insurance for retirees 65 and older as well as their spouses. It established an unemployment compensation system. It also aided families with dependent/disabled children.
- 17REA - Rural Electrification AdministrationThis worked and financed electrical cooperatives to help bring electricity to isolated areas.
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- Beschreibung
- Flashcards consisting of 17 of FDR's new deal programs
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- Taylor Rusch
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