The Alphabet agencies and acts note taking worksheet

Full Name RRR Purpose and Date Implemented

Date Implemented: May 12, 1933

The AAA tried to help farmers by controlling farm production and stabilising prices. This paid farmers for not
Agricultural planting crops in order to reduce surpluses, increase demand for seven designated major farms, and raise
AAA Recovery
Adjustment Act prices. Farm income rose, but many share-croppers became unemployed. It was an attempt to end the
falling agricultural prices that had crippled American farmers. However, in 1936 the Supreme Court voided
the AAA, as it was deemed unconstitutional.

Date Implemented: April 5, 1933

The CCC was created in 1933 and lasted for ten years, It was also known as Roosevelts Tree Army,. It
was open to unemployed, unmarried U.S. male citizens between the ages of 18 and 26. and all had to be
healthy and were expected to perform hard physical labor. Its function was the conservation of resources,
achieved by working on environmental projects such as planting trees, building roads and parks, and
Civilian Conservation fighting soil erosion on federal lands, and they even fought forest fires, re-seeded grazing lands and built
CCC Relief
Corps wildlife refuges. Enlistment in the program was for a minimum of 6 months; but many re-enlisted after their
first term. Participants were paid $30 a month and often given supplemental basic education while they
served. This stimulated the economy seeing as these workers would send the money back home Of
Roosevelts New Deal policies, the CCC is considered to be one of the most successful. In 1942, Congress
stopped the CCC, seeing as the funds and young men who were currently participating were needed to
attempt to win the world war.

Date Implemented: November 9, 1933

The CWA employed four million people who were paid an average of $15 a week. It was created to prevent
another depression happening, because of the job creation and lower rate of unemployment. The men
Civil Works employed took part in many useful construction jobs such as repairing schools, laying sewer pipes and
CWA Relief
Administration building roads. Some CWA jobs, however, were criticised as useless such as leaf raking. Generally, this
program contributed to the morale and self-esteem of millions of displaced people by providing them with
steady employment however Roosevelt disbanded it after less than a year because it was so expensive to
run.

Date Implemented: March 9, 1933

The EBA (or EBRA) aimed to address banking crisis by authorising the federal government to regulate and
control aspects of the banking system.The Act permitted the temporary closure of banks, called the National
Emergency Banking
EBA Relief Bank Holiday, which allowed examiners to determine which banks were strong and those that were weak
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and should be closed. It prevented massive withdrawals from banks during the period of economic reform
during the Great Depression that the United States was going through. Provisions were made to reorganise
the banks, provide long term investment funds and also rescue failing banks with loans.
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Date Implemented: June 16, 1933

The FDIC was formed as an independent federal agency created to promote public confidence and stability
Federal Deposit in the nation's banking system during the Great Depression and encourage savings. It was created by the
FDIC Insurance Reform Glass-Steagall Act, also known as the Banking Act of 1933, as a way to restore confidence in the banks
Corporation following the banking crisis during the Great Depression. The FDIC was successful because people no
longer feared that all their money would be lost in a bank failure, since it insured depositors against the loss
of up to $5,000 of their deposits if their bank should fail. The FDIC is still in existence.

Date Implemented: May 22, 1933

FERA was a federal government relief agency that was created by congress to provide assistance and
support to nearly 5 million households each month.President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Harry L.
Federal Emergency Hopkins as director of FERA which was given a fund of $500 million to help those in need.This agency
FERA Relief
Relief Administration funded thousands of work projects for the unemployed, it also provided vaccinations and literacy classes,
gave clothing grants and set up soup kitchens for the poor and also established the CWA. In general, FERA
distributed about $3 billion in relief to 20 million families, 16% of the population, until itwas taken over by
the Social Security Board in 1935.

Date Implemented: June 31, 1933

The HOLC was formed due to the millions of people losing their homes because of the huge amount of
Home Owners Loan unemployment and wage reductions from the Great Depression. Many borrowers were unable to meet
HOLC Relief
Corporation mortgage payments resulting in homelessness. The Home Owners Loan Act aimed to provide emergency
relief to lower mortgages, to help stabilise real estate that had devaluated and provide to relief for troubled
mortgage lenders. It was active until 1951.

Date Implemented: July 6, 1935

The NLRA was also called the Wagner Act and it was created to protect the rights of organized labor. The
National Labor
NLRA Reform law guaranteed workers the right to organise Unions and to bargain collectively. The National Labor
Relations Act
Relations Board was set up under the National Labor Relations Act to enforce the act and guarantee
workers' rights to organise and to prevent unfair labor practices.

Date Implemented: June 16, 1933

The NRA was created to promote economic recovery. It temporarily restored investor confidence and
consumer morale, but it failed to stimulate industrial production.The purpose of the law was to address the
National Recovery
NRA Recovery crisis in industry by allowing the government, businesses and labor to work together in setting up new,
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voluntary business codes, quotas and fair rules. The codes addressed many issues including working
hours, productivity, minimum wages, union membership and setting prices. The NRA failed to meet many
goals and was declared unconstitutional in 1935 by the Supreme Court.
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Date Implemented: June 6, 1934

The SEC was created primarily to restore the stability of the stock market after the crash and to prevent
Securities Exchange corporate abuses relating to the offering and sale of securities. The agency was created to protect public
SEC Reform
Commission and private investors from stock market fraud, deception and manipulation on Wall Street. It was
established as an independent government agency to enforce federal securities laws to regulate the Stock
Market and to prevent fraud. The SEC is still in existence.

Date Implemented: August 14, 1935

The SSA was founded to administer a national pension fund for retired people, an unemployment insurance
Social Security system, benefits for victims of industrial accidents and assistance programs for dependent mothers,
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Administration children, and the physically disabled. FDR wanted an agency that would provide security against any
hazards of life for unemployed workers and elders through social insurance. IThe SSA is still in existence as
one the US most important and expensive domestic program.

Date Implemented: May 18, 1933

The purpose of the TVA was to enable the development and distribution of cheap hydroelectric power into
rural areas that were not served by private utilities. Created for the purpose of developing the Tennessee
Tennessee Valley River watershed, this agency improved the region by building 16 dams to control flooding, generate
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Authority hydraulic power, increase agricultural production and generally modernising the area. This agency also
provided jobs, low-cost housing, reforestation, and many other conservation-related services to the region.
Also, this project improved the economic and social lives of rural people and brought hydro-electric power
to seven states in the Tennessee Valley, which was one of the worst affected areas of the country.

Date Implemented: May 6, 1935

The WPA was established under the $4.8 billion Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. It employed at
least 8.5 million people at an average of $2 a day. They built thousands of roads, bridges, schools, post
Work Progress offices and other public construction projects. It was one of the largest and most comprehensive New Deal
WPA Relief
Administration agency, affecting every American locality. In total, the WPA built 650,000 miles of roads, 78,000 bridges,
125,000 buildings, and 700 miles of airport runways. Under the arts program, many artists, photographers,
writers, and actors became government employees, working on a lot of public projects ranging from
painting murals to writing national park guidebooks.