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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Made to to insure bank deposits, curb bank runs, and reduce the number of bank failures. -
Emergency banking relief act
Made to shore up the nation’s troubled banking -
national housing act
sets standards for construction and underwriting, and insures loans made by banks. -
Security’s exchange act
monitors the financial reports that publicly traded companies are required to disclose. -
National labor relations act
guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. -
Social security act
creates a system of transfer payments where younger working people support older, retired people. -
Works Progress Administration
created to provide jobs for unemployed Americans and to improve the nation’s infrastructure. -
Soil Conservation Act
allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion.