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National Recovery Administration (NRA)
The National Recovery Administration set prices for many products and established standards.Their aim was to promote recovery by stopping wage cuts, falling prices, and layoffs. -
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The Civilian Conservation Corps gave men ages 18 to 25 jobs building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping with soil erosion and flood control projects. The CCC ended in 1942, and by then almost three million men had gone through it. They paid the workers $30 a month, $25 of this money was sent home to the worker's family. They provided free food, uniforms, and lodging in work camps. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Tennessee Valley Authority focused on the Tennessee River Valley. They renovated five dams and built twenty new dams. They provided thousands of jobs, as well as flood control and hydroelectric power. -
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
The Federal Housing Administration was created by the NAtionsl Housing Act. It insured loans for building and repairing homes. The FHA still insures loans for home mortgages and repairs today. -
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
The Rural Electrification Administration financed and worked with electrical cooperatives to bring electricity to isolated areas. In 1935, only 12.6 percent of farms had electricity, but by 1949, 90 percent had electricity. -
National Labor Relations Board (Wagner Act)
After the Supreme Court declared the NIRA unconstitutional, the Wagner Act reestablished the NIRA provision of colle tive bargaining, so the government protected the rights of workers to join unions and bargain collectively with their employers. It also prohibited unfair labor practices like threatening workers, firing union members, or interfering with union organizing. It also set up the NAtional Labor Relations board. -
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and helped people with disabilities. It helped to make retirement comfortable for older people. It paid unemployed people $15 to $18 per week. It also paid for families with dependent kids and for disabled people to recieve aid. The Social Security Administration still operates today. -
National Youth Administration (NYA)
The National Youth Administration was created to give young people education, jobs, counseling, and recreation. It provided student aid to high school, college, and graduate students and in exchange, the students worked part time at their schools. The NYA provided part time jobs working on highways, parks, and the grounds of public buildings to graduates who couldn't find jobs and youth who dropped out of school. The NYA operated from 1935 to 1939. -
United States Housing Authority (USHA)
The United States Housing Authority provided loans for low cost public housing. They provided money to have houses built for poor people, which also created jobs. -
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC)
The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act required manufacturers to list ingredients in foods, drugs, and cosmetic products.
