New Deal Programs

1933 – 15 Million Americans Unemployed

EMERGENCY BANKING RELIEF ACT

• Gave the federal govt. the right to regulate banks and rushed money to re-opened banks (after the bank holiday ordered by FDR)

RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS

FERA

• FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION

• Provided federal money for relief projects to the roughly 13 million unemployed

HOLC

• HOME OWNERS LOAN CORPORATION

• Provided home owners with low cost loans

PWA • PUBLIC

WORKS ADMIN.

• Created jobs by having people build highways, bridges & other public works

AAA• AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMIN.

• Regulated farm

production and

promoted soil

conservation

FCA

• FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION• Provided low cost farm loans

• Still around today: http://www.fca.gov/about/index.html

TVA • TENNESSEE

VALLEY AUTHORITY

• Planned development of the Tennessee Valley region – created jobs, built 40 dams, provided electricity, and controlled flooding

CCC• CIVILIAN

CONSERVATION CORPS

• Hired young men to plant trees, build dams, construct parks, and work on other conservation

projects

FDIC • FEDERAL

DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.

• Protected the money of depositors in insured banks (up to $100,000)

NRA

• NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMIN.

• Regulated industry & raised wages & prices

WPA

• WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION

• Established large scale national works programs to create jobs

REA

• RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

• Brought electricity to rural area – created jobs

NYA

• NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION

• Set up job programs for young people & helped them continue their education

NLRB (part of the National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act)

• NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

• Oversaw labor unions and investigated disputes between management and labor

• Allowed workers to join unions and allowed collective bargaining

SSA

• SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

• Provided workers with unemployment insurance & retirement benefits