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agriculture adjustment act
Roosevelt wanted to pay farmer for not planning crops in order to reduce surplus. Supreme court voided the AAA. RECOVERY -
Tennessee valley authority
The TVA was created for the economic development of the Tennessee river watershed. TVA built twenty dams to control flooding and generate hydroelectrical power. The TVA also provide jobs and low cost housing and reforestation and other service. -
Federal emergency relief administration
FERA supported nearly 5 millions household each month and funded thousands of work projects for unemployed. It also provide vaccinatioms and literacy class for millions of poor people. REFORM -
National recovery administration
NRA promoted economic recovery by ending wage and price deflation and restoring competitioN. The NRA temporarily restored investors confidence and consumer morale. RECOVERY -
Public Works Administration
PWA was intended both for industrial recovery and unemployment relief. Over 4 billion dollars spent on 34,000 construction project and Dam project for water power. RELIEF/RECOVERY -
Civil Works Administration
CWA employed 4 million people. It paid $15 dollars avg by week in construction jobs. RELIEF -
Federal Deposit insurance corporation
FDIC was created to encourage confidence in banks and encourage savings. Congress created the FDIC to insure bank customer against loss of up to 5000 dollars their deposit if their banks should fail. REFORM -
Resettlement administration
Resettlement administration relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal governent RECOVERY -
The second new deal
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Social Security Act
An act to provide for geneural welfare by establishing a system of federal old age benefits, and by enabling the states to make provision for aged people and cripple children and child welfare and public health. REFORM -
Work progress administration
Coordinated all public work schemes. It spent over 10.5 billion of federal money and employed 3.6 million men.RECOVERY -
National labor relation act
NLRA was created to protect the rights of employeyes and employers to encourage collective bargaining and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices which can harm workers and business and the us economy. REFORM -
Fair labor standard act
FLSA is a federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, record keeping and child labor standardo affectin full time and part time workers. RECOVERY
