Alphabet Soup of Agencies

  • Emergency Banking Act

    Emergency Banking Act
    It allowed the reopen of individual banks as soon as examiners found them financially secure, and attempted to stabilize the banking system
  • Farm Credit Administration

    Farm Credit Administration
    Agency created to refine farm mortgages and offered credit under favorable terms. It regulates and examines the banks and related entities of the FCS
  • CCC

    CCC
    Work relief program in the U.S created for unemployed and unmarried men and it provided national conservation work for unemployed young men
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority
    Corporation that provided navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development for the Tennessee Valley that was affected by the Great Depression
  • Public Work Administration

    Public Work Administration
    Public works construction agency, which purpose was to built large-scale public works such as dams, hospitals,schools. It gave a job to many unemployed men.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Agency that provided deposit insurance to depositors.It was created to provide stability to the U.S economy and the failing banking system
  • National Recovery Administration

    National Recovery Administration
    Agency which goal is to eliminate "cut throat competition" to create "fair practices" and set up prices. This would stimulate economic recovery
  • Security and Exchange Commission

    Security and Exchange Commission
    It was designed to restore investors confidence in our capital market, by providing investors and the market new rules of honest dealing
  • Federal Communications Commission

    Federal Communications Commission
    Independent agency of the U.S that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the U.S. It replaced the Federal Radio Commission
  • Social Security Administration

    Social Security Administration
    Independent agency that provided welfare programs, unemployed insurance, for families affected by the Great Depression
  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration
    American New Deal agency that employed millions of job seekers to do public works
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    Plan designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. This would give a boost on the U.S economy
  • Communications Workers of America

    Communications Workers of America
    Largest communication and media labor union in the U.S. It was created to rapidly create jobs for millions of unemployed workers
  • Federal Aviation Administration

    Federal Aviation Administration
    Created to regulate and oversight of civil aviation within the U.S, and development of National Airspace System. It's purpose is to ensure safety of civil aviation