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This established a minimum wage of 40 cents hour and a maximum workweek of 40 hours for businesses in interstate commerce.
What is Fair Labor Standards Act
100
This insured bank loans for people building and repairing homes.
What is Federal Housing Administration
100
This promoted electricity to rural areas lacking public utilities.
What is Rural Electrification Administration
100
This loaned money to home owners to refinance mortgages.
What is Home Owners Loan Corporation
100
This employed young men on public-works projects.
What is Civilian Conservation Corps
200
This paid farmers to reduce crops, funded by a tax on food processors. It was later declared unconstitutional.
What is Agricultural Adjustment Administration
200
Employed jobless people to work on federal, state and local projects.
What is Civil Works Administration
200
This employed people to do artistic, public-works and research projects.
What is Works Progress Administration
200
This regulated the securities market.
What is Securities and Exchange Commission
200
This promoted control and prevention of soil erosion.
What is Soil Conservation Service
300
This provided grants to states for relief efforts.
What is Federal Emergency Relief Administration
300
This established NRA and PWA. It was later declared unconstitutional.
What is National Industrial Recovery Act
300
This regulated industry through fair trade codes for businesses.
What is National Recovery Administration
300
This insured individual bank deposits up to $5,000.
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
300
This provided job training and work for people 16-25. It provided part time jobs for needy students.
What is National Youth Administration
400
This provided unemployment benefits, pensions for the elderly, and survivors insurance.
What is Social Security Act
400
This constructed dams and power plants to improve social and economic welfare in the region.
What is Tennessee Valley Authority
400
This recognized rights of labor to organize and bargain collectively. It also regulated labor practices.
What is National Labor Relations Act
400
This constructed roads, public buildings and other projects designed to increase employment and business activity.
What is Public Works Administration
400
This provided loans to help tenant farmers buy land.
What is Farmers Security Administration