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Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps 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. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC was created by the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act. Its goal was to prevent bank failures during the Great Depression. A few bank failures had snowballed into a banking panic. Many banks had invested depositors' funds in the stock market, which crashed in 1929. -
Security & Exchange Commission (SEC)
The SEC was created in 1934 as one of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to help fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression and prevent any future market calamities. -
Federal Housing Authority
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), agency within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that was established by the National Housing Act on June 27, 1934, to facilitate home financing, improve housing standards, and increase employment in the home-construction industry in the wake of the Great Depression. -
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order 7034. The WPA's initial appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion. -
National Labor Relations Act
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private-sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. -
Social Security Act
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. -
Farm Security Administration
The Farm Security Administration was a New Deal agency created in 1937 to combat rural poverty during the Great Depression in the United States. It succeeded in the Resettlement Administration.
