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Civilian Conservation Corps
The civilian conservation corps put men age 18-25 to work builing railroads, planting trees, and heling the economy in other ways. By the time it ended in 1942, the CCC had put nearly 3 million boys to work. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The AAA lowered farm porduction to raise the prices of the crops being sold. The government reimbused the farmers for the crops they did not want them to grow. The governemnt ended up paying $200 million to cotton farmers to plow under their cropand paid hog farmers to slaughter over 6 million pigs. Americans didn't like this and protested the destruction of food. -
Tenesse Valley Authority
The focus of the TVA was the Tenesse River Valley. The TVA renovated five exsisting dams and built 20 new ones. They also created thoughsands of jobs and provided flood control, hydroelectric power, and beinifits to the damaged region. -
Public Works Administration
The public works administration gave people work in federal jobs. It was part of the national industrial recovery act. It gave money to the states to creat government buildings such as schools. -
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Under the National Housing Act, the government gave home onwners loans through the Home Owners Loan Corporation who stuggled and were about to be foreclosed. -
National Recovery Administration
The goal of The National Recovery Administration was to set the prices of several porducts and established the standards in an attempt to promote recovery by stopping wage cuts, descending prices, and layoffs. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
Under the Federal Securities Act passed in May of 1933, congress created the securities and exchange commission to regulate the stock market. One of the goals of the SEC was to prevent people form tampering with the stock market for their own personal gain. -
Federal Housing Administration
The Federal Housing Administration was founded under the National Housing Act of 1934. This agency furnished and still comtinues to furnish loans for home mortgages and repairs to this day. -
National Labor Relations Board (Wagner Act)
The National Relations Board, also known as the Wagner act, sponsered by Senator Robert F. Wagner, reestalished collective bargaining. The federal government portected the right of workers to join unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers. It also prohibited unfair labor practices, including threatening workers, firing union members, and iterfering with union organizings
