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| Agriculture Adjustment Agency | -Provided aid to famers -Regulated crop production -Paid farmers to decrease productivity in order to raise prices -Paid farmers $200 million to plow over the grown fields of crop -Paid farmers to slaughter 6 million pigs |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | -Employed young, single men aged 18-25 -They worked on projects to conserve natural resources -Developed parks, planted trees, landscaping -Paid free lodging, free food, free clothes (uniforms), and $30 a month |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | -AKA The Emergency Banking Act -The government is required to insure $5,000 in American bank accounts |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | -Regulated the stock market - Wanted to eliminate dishonest practices |
| Social Security Act | -Provided aid to the disabled, the unemployed, and dependent children -Still in place today |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | -This affected a specific area -Created jobs manufacturing fertilizer, electricity, and flood control in the Tennessee Valley |
| First 100 Days | -FDR’s Presidency -Congress passed more than 15 pieces of New Deal legislation ** Declared a Bank Holiday one day after taking office |
| Brain Trust | -FDR hired the smartest people - Lawyers, professors, journalists - Drafted the New Deal |
| Hoovervilles | -Hoover was the president when the Great Depression began - Little shanty camps on the outskirts of cities - Poorest of the poor people lived here |
| Black Tuesday | -The day the stock market crashed -The day the Great Depression began |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration | Gave money to states to distribute money, clothing, and food to the unemployed |
