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National Recovery Administration (NRA)
It was created in 1933 by FDR. It was creat to try and eliminate "cut-throat competition" by bringing industry, labor and government toger to creat codes of fair practices, -
Home Owners loan Corporation (HOLC)
In 1933 this new deal was developed. The Act that developed this deal was the Homeowners Refinacing Act. The purpose was to refinace homes to prevent forclosure. -
Work Progress Administration (WPA)
This was created during the time when people did not have job. This would give people jobs until the economy recovered. It gave 3.5 million workers in constrsuction and other jobs. -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
This place made the Act "AAA" which would lower farmers production and would make prices go up. At this time there were alot of crops and prices would be very low. This made so farmers could get back what they put in. -
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
This provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States. The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, most of which still exist today. -
National Youth Administration (NYA)
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Social Security Administration (SSA)
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged people, blind people, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment. As we still use this today. -
United States Housin Authority (USHA)
It was created to loan money to states or communities for low cost construction. -
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC)
This is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics! The introduction of this act was influenced by the death of more than 100 patients due to a sulfanilamide medication where diethylene glycol was used to dissolve the drug and make a liquid form -
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
It was created in 1938 to establish a minimum wage and a limit on the number of hours which may be worked in a standard workweek. It also provides standards for equal pay, overtime pay, record keeping, and child labor. This now keeps us able to work without going over a curtain amount of hours. .
