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Alphabet Soup of Agencies

By les1229
  • CCC-Civillian Conservation Corps

    CCC-Civillian Conservation Corps
    This was a voluntary public relief program for young (17-28) men who were unemployed and not married.
  • CWA-Civil Works Administration

    CWA-Civil Works Administration
    This was a program that created jobs that were mostly manual for the millions of unemployed workers. This program didn't last long and was replaced with the WPA.
  • FAA-Federal Aviation Administration

    FAA-Federal Aviation Administration
    This is a governmental body of the U.S. with powers to regulate all aspects of the civil aviation in that nation as well as over its surrounding international waters.
  • EBA-Emergency Banking Act

    EBA-Emergency Banking Act
    This act was passed to attempt to stabilize the banking system.
  • FCA-Farm Credit Administration

    FCA-Farm Credit Administration
    The purpose of the independent agency is to regulate the financial institutions that provide credit to farmers.
  • AAA-Agricultural Adjustment Act

    AAA-Agricultural Adjustment Act
    This law was set in place to boost the prices agriculture by reducing surpluses. The government would pay farmers subsidies to not plant on part of their land. The government would also by livestock for slaughter.
  • TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority

    TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority
    This was a corporation designed to help an area (the Tennessee Valley) that was greatly affected by the Great Depression. This corporation provided navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development.
  • FDIC-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    FDIC-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    This is an agency that provides deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions.
  • PWA-Progressive Works Administration

    PWA-Progressive Works Administration
    This was a large-scale construction agency in the U.S., created in response to the Great Depression.
  • NRA-National Recovery Administration

    NRA-National Recovery Administration
    This administration was meant to reduce the competition by bringing industry, labor and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices.
  • SEC-Securities and Exchange Commission

    SEC-Securities and Exchange Commission
    This is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government.
  • FCC-Federal Communications Commissions

    FCC-Federal Communications Commissions
    This independent agency regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the U.S.
  • WPA-Works Progress Administration

    WPA-Works Progress Administration
    This was an agency that employed many people looking for jobs to carry out public works projects.
  • SSA-Social security Act

    SSA-Social security Act
    This act created the Social Security program along with insurance against unemployment.
  • USHA-United States Housing Authority

    USHA-United States Housing Authority
    This was a federal agency designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction.