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The Emergency Banking Act
The Emergency Banking Relief Act was a federal law signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to help fix the ever decaying banking system of the United States. It achieved this by forcing all banks to undergo a holiday so that federal examiners could ensure the banks could still operate. Once they were approved, they could be reopened, which in turn assured the American people that the banks were able to be trusted, and would not cripple them economically. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to help the unemployed, unmarried men of the United States who were between the ages of seventeen to twenty eight. It achieved this by providing manual labor jobs in rural areas owned by all three levels of government that would assist in either the conservation or development of natural resources. -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to boost crop prices. It achieved this by reducing agricultural surpluses, going as far as to pay farmers not to grow certain crops. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to help reopen banks during the Great Depression. It achieved this by providing deposit insurance to banks, which dropped the number of bank failures to nearly zero. -
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to terminate "cut throat competition" within the United States. It achieved this by bringing various industries, laborers, and the government itself together to create codes of "fair practices" and set flat prices. -
Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to provide employment to the American people, stabilize purchasing power, and help revive the American economy. It achieved this by building big public works, such as the dams, hospitals, bridges, and schools. -
Farm Credit Administration
The Farm Credit Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to manage credit handed out to farmers. It achieved this by monitoring the financial institutions that handed out credit to farmers, and ensuring that they had lower interest rates for their mortgages. It also loaned money out to them if they needed it. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to provide assistance to the Tennessee Valley region, which was notoriously harmed by the Great Depression. It achieved this by providing cheap electricity, flood control, economic development, fertilizer manufacturing, and navigation to the area. -
Civil Works Administration
The Civil Works Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to rapidly create jobs for the unemployed. It achieved this by creating millions of construction jobs either improving existing structures, or creating new ones. The Civil Works Administration was dissolved on March 31, 1934, after providing financial stability for many during the harsh winter. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to rebuild trust between the public and markets. It achieved this by enforcing that uniform disclosures of information about public securities offerings were provided. -
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to replace the Federal Radio Commission. It achieved this by not only taking their functions, but also by taking jurisdiction over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. -
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to create jobs for the American people. It achieved this by by hiring millions of men, primarily the unskilled, to complete public work projects, such as the construction of roads and public buildings. It was dissolved on June 30, 1943. -
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to oversee the newly made program of Social Security, which was created in the same Social Security Act that created the agency itself. -
United States Housing Authority
The United States Housing Authority was a federal agency signed into effect by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was meant to help create low income housing for Americans. It achieved this by lending money to the states, and various communities, for low cost construction. -
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration was a federal agency signed into effect by President Dwight D. Eisenhower that was meant to regulate commercial aerial transportation. Originally created as the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce in 1933 during the New Deal, it achieved this by taking responsibility for overseeing aviation related matters, such as the certification of pilots and aircraft. It was officially made it's own independent agency in 1958.
