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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA videoThe TVA developed the resources of the Tennessee Valley. The federal government built a series of dams to prevent flooding and to sell electricity. It was also the first public competition with private power industries. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
AAA videoThe AAA helped farmers and regulated crop production. It protected farmers from price drops to reduce production and provided educational programs to teach methods to prevent soil erosion. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC videoThe FDIC provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to five thousand dollars. It reassured millions of banks and customers that their money was now safe. This also required banks to act cautiously with their customers' money. -
Federal Housing Administration
FHA videoThe FHA insured loans for building and repairing homes. This helped many individuals who did not have enough money to buy a home upfront. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC videoThe SEC protected the stock market and got rid of dishonest practices. It also regulated stock market and restricted margin buying. -
Works Progress Administration
WPA videoThe head of WPA was Harry Hopkins, and the goal of this program was to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible. In a total of eight years, it spent $11 billion to give jobs to more than eight million workers. Most of these workers were also unskilled. They made many of buildings, and also the professionals who were hired wrote guides to cities, collected historical slave narratives, and painted murals on walls. This program had many achievements. -
National Youth Administration
NYA videoThe NYA was created specifically to provide education, jobs, counseling, and recreation for young people.It also provided student aid to high school, college, and graduate students, but the students had to work part-time positions at their schools. It also had an alternative for graduates unable to find jobs, or youth who had dropped out of school. Their options were also part-time jobs such as working on highways, parks, and the grounds of public buildings. -
National Labor Relations Board
NLRBThis was also known as the Wagner act. It defined unfair labor practices and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between emplowers and employees. -
United States Housing Authority
USHA videoThe USHA provided federal loans for low-cost public housing. This helped many individuals pay for homes that they otherwise would not be able to afford. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
FLSA videoThe FLSA established a minimum hourly wage and a maximum number of hours in the workweek for the entire country. It also set rules for work provided to those under 16 and banned dangerous factory work for those under 18.
