| New Deal |
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| Program/Legislation |
Date |
Purpose |
| Agricultural adjustment Administration (AAA) |
1933 |
Reduced production of crops, to raise farm prices. Declared unconstitutional in1936. |
| National Recovery Administration (NRA) |
1933 |
Reduced destructive competition and helped workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours. Declared unconstituional in 1935 . |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
1933 |
Built dams on the Tennessee River to control flooding and generate electricity. |
| Public Works Administration (PWA) |
1933 |
Put people to work building roads, buildings, and other public works projects. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
1933 |
Insured individual savings accounts so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed their doors. |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) |
1933 |
Provided federal funds for state and community relief efforts. |
| Civil Works administration (CWA) |
1933 |
Provided temporary federal funds for state and community relief efforts. |
| Civilian conservation Corps (CCC) |
1933 |
Provided temporary federal jobs for the unemployed.Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and building parks. |
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