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FDR's New Deal "Alphabet Soup"

Various New Deal programs, their acronyms, dates of service, and a brief description

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CCC - 1933-1942 - ReliefCivilian Conservation Corps, provide relief for unemployed youth in conservation and natural resources
CWA - 1933-1934 - ReliefCivil Works Administration, temporary program to employ people through the winter of 1934
FSA - 1937-1946 - ReliefFarm Security Administration, relief for sharecroppers and temporary housing for Dust Bowl victims
FERA - 1933-1935 - ReliefFederal Emergency Relief Administration, create new unskilled labor jobs in local and State government
NYA - 1934-1943 - ReliefNational Youth Administration, provide jobs in work-study and job training
AAA - 1933-1936 - RecoveryAgricultural Adjustment Act, farmers paid to grow less; declared unconstitutional
FHA - 1933-1965 - RecoveryFederal Housing Administration, provide small loans for home construction
NRA - 1933-1935 - RecoveryNational Recovery Administration, set minimum wage and maximum weekly hours
WPA - 1935-1943 - RecoveryWorks Progress Administration, create jobs of "public and cultural usefulness"
FLSA - 1938-Present - ReformFair Labor Standards Act, 40-hour work week, curbed oppressive child labor
FDIC - 1933-Present - ReformFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation, insured bank depositors' accounts
IRA - 1943-Present - ReformIndian Reorganization Act, secure certain rights for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives
NLRA - 1935-Present - ReformNational Labor Relations Act, rights to collective bargaining with employers
REA - 1935-Present - ReformRural Electrification Administration, provide low-cost loans to co-ops to bring electricity to rural areas
SEC - 1934-Present - ReformSecurities and Exchange Commission, watch for stock market fraud and protect investors
SSA - 1935-Present - ReformSocial Security Administration, manage the general welfare and create social insurance program
TVA - 1933-Present - ReformTennessee Valley Authority, manage Tennessee River watershed, build dams, create electricity


U.S. Government Teacher
Page County High School
VA

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