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Tennessee Valley Authority was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt's Depression-era New Deal programs, providing jobs and electricity to the rural Tennessee River Valley.
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The Emergency Banking Relief Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on March 9, 1933, and was designed to repair the nation's crumbling bank system.
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The Farm Credit Administration is an independent federal agency that regulates and examines the banks, associations.
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Civilian Conservation Corps was a relief work program for men ages 18-25.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act was a federal law designed to boost agricultural prices.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is one of the two agencies that deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions.
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Public Works Administration was created in response to the Great Depression.
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The National Recovery Administration was a prime New Deal agency, the goal of the administration was to eliminate "cut-throat competition" by bringing industry, labor, and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission was created as a New Deal program to fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression.
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The Federal Communications Commission is an independent government agency responsible for regulating the radio, television and phone industries.
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Social Security Act was created as insurance for unemployment.
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Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal Agency that was employing millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects.
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The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was a federal agency created during 1937, it was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction
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Communications Workers of America is the largest communications and media labor union.
