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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men. Originally for young men ages 18–25, it was eventually expanded to ages 17–28. Provided jobs to young men to plan trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a New Deal agency created to generate electricity and control the floods of the Tennessee River in a region that encompasses seven states in the United States. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act that created the TVA on May 18 , 1933 . The agency still exists and has grown to become the largest public energy company in America. -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
gave relief to unemployed and needy. -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The Government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. Paid farmers not to grow certain crops. -
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a prime New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. 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. -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Insured savings accounts in banks approved by government. -
Rural Electrification Project (REP)
Loaned money to extend electricity to rural farmers. -
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. -
Social Security Act (SSA)
On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped
