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This program distributed $500 million in aid to state and local agencies. At least half was sent to states to be directly distributed to families.
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
100
This program paid farmers to reduce their output of agricultural commodities.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
100
This program transformed the economic and social life of the Tennessee region.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority.
100
This program insured bank deposits up to $5,000.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
100
This program, part of the NIRA, encouraged businesses to create codes for fair competition.
What is the National Recovery Act.
200
This agency was created in 1933-34 to protect investors from fraud.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission.
200
This program insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying.
What is the Federal Housing Administration.
200
This program assisted home owners who could not meet mortgage payments.
What is the Home Owners Loan Corporation.
200
Through this program, part of the NIRA, government contracted with private firms to build roads, public buildings, and other public works.
What is the Public Works Administration.
200
This program created government "make-work" jobs. It paid $740 million in wages to about 4 million workers.
What is the Civil Works Administration.
300
This program promoted control and prevention of soil erosion.
What is the Soil Conservation Service.
300
This program was designed to help Americans find work.
What is the Works Progress Administration.
300
Program that hired unemployed men to plant trees, build park trails, and develop campgrounds.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
300
This program stimulated industrial and business activity by stabilizing prices, raising wages, limiting work hours, and providing jobs.
What is the National Industrial Recovery Act.
300
This established a minimum wage of 40 cents/hour.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act.
400
This program provided pensions to retired workers aged 65 and older.
What is he Social Security Act.
400
This program, established by the WPA, provided high-school and college-aged Americans with part-time jobs.
What is the National Youth Administration.
400
This established a maximum workweek of 40 hours for businesses in interstate commerce.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act.
400
This program provided loans to help tenant farmers buy land.
What is the Farm Security Administration.
400
This act recognized the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively.
What is the National Labor Relations Act.
500
This program provided electricity to isolated rural areas.
What is the Rural Electrification Administration.
500
He was President of the United States when the New Deal programs were created.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
500
This program provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs.
What is the Social Security Act.
500
This legislation lowered taxes on large corporations and increased taxes on smaller businesses.
What is the Revenue Act of 1938.
500
This legislation increased taxes on the wealthy.
What is the Revenue Act of 1935.