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TVA
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. -
EBA
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. -
FCA
The Farm Credit Administration is an independent federal agency that regulates and examines the banks, associations. -
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps was a relief work program for men ages 18-25. -
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act was a federal law designed to boost agricultural prices. -
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is one of the two agencies that deposit insurance to depositors in U.S. depository institutions. -
PWA
Public Works Administration was created in response to the Great Depression. -
NRA
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. -
SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created as a New Deal program to fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression. -
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent government agency responsible for regulating the radio, television and phone industries. -
SSA
Social Security Act was created as insurance for unemployment. -
WPA
Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal Agency that was employing millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects. -
USHA
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 -
CWA
Communications Workers of America is the largest communications and media labor union.
