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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. Originally for young men ages 18–23. It was a major part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments. -
Public Works Administration
Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933 (renamed in 1935 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) , was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. -
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance commision)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency of the federal government responsible for insuring deposits made by individuals and companies in banks and other thrift institutions. The FDIC insures deposits up to $250,000. The agency also identifies and monitors risks to its deposit insurance funds and tries to limit the effects on the U.S. economy if a bank of thrift institution should fail. -
Security and Exchange comission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an agency of the United States federal government. It holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States. -
FHA (Federal Housing Authority)
The Federal Housing Administration, generally known as "FHA", provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. FHA insures mortgages on single family and multifamily homes including manufactured homes and hospitals. It is the largest insurer of mortgages in the world, insuring over 34 million properties since its inception in 1934. -
NLU (National Labor Union)
In the fall of 1934, Senator Wagner began revising his labor disputes bill, determined to build on the experience of the two earlier NIRA boards and to find a solution to the enforcement problem that had plagued them. In February 1935, Wagner introduced the National Labor Relations Act in the Senate. -
SSA (Social Security Act)
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes. -
FSA (Federal Security Agency)
The Federal Security Agency was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939. The objective was to bring together in one agency all Federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security.
The new agency originally consisted of the following major components: the Office of the Administrator; the Public Health Service; the Civilian Conservation Corps; the Office of Education; and the Social Security Board.
