34.00 Webquest: FDR's Programs

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  1. FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration) 
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. May 12, 1933
    2. Allowed Federal Gov'nt to distribute money to help the unemployed
    3. Does not exist today
  2. PWA (Public Works Administration)

    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. June 16, 1933
    2. Budgeted billions of dollars to construction so the gov'nt could provide provision of employment
    3. Does not exist today
  3. AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. May, 1933
    2. Reduced agricultural production of plants and livestock to raise the value of crops
    3. Does not exist today
  4. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. May 18, 1933
    2. Built things like electrics and dams to help people
    3. Still exists today
  5. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp)

     

    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. 1933
    2. Work relief program for the unemployed, unmarried men from relief families
    3. Does not exist today
  6. FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. 1933
    2. Federal Gov'nt could insure bank deposits to prevent bank failure
    3. Still exists today
  7. NRA (National Recovery Administration)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. 1933
    2. Established fair competition
      1. Does not exist today
  8. WPA (Works Progress Administration)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. 1935
    2. Employed millions of people to carry out public work projects
    3. Does not exist today
  9. REA (Rural Electrification Administration)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. May 20, 1936
    2. Tried to get farms to use electricity
    3. Still exists today
  10. NYA (National Youth Administration)
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. June 26, 1935
    2. Focused on providing work and education for people around the ages of 16 and 25
    3. Does not exist
  11. Wagner Act
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. Started in 1935
    2. protected the right for workers to join unions
    3. Still exists today
  12. Social Security Act
    1. Date Implemented:

       

      1. ​​​​​​​1935
    2. Pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to the blind, deaf, etc.
    3. ​​​​​​​Still exists today
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