National Acts to solve the depression

Question 1

WPA (work progress admin.)

Answer 1

created jobs quickly

Question 2

SSA (social security act)

Answer 2

provides money for retired workers
people who can’t work
low income families

Question 3

FDIC (Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation)

Answer 3

1. FDIC insures your money in banks
2. If the bank closes, the federal govt. Will reimburse you up to the insured amount

Question 4

Securities and Exchange Commission- SEC

Answer 4

• Meant to regulate (oversee, manage) the stock market
• Ensured that people wouldn’t rig/manipulate the market
• Took action to prevent panics as they begin

Question 5

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Answer 5

• Raise crop prices by lowering production
• Paid farmers to destroy part of their crop/stock, or to keep it low
• Many Americans upset about govt. destroying food when people were starving, but it did help raise farmers out of poverty

Question 6

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Answer 6

Put people to work building dams in the Tennessee Valley region
Created jobs, helped control floods, and created hydroelectric power
Forced entire towns to move, and destroyed animal habitats

Question 7

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 7

Provided work for young men aged 18-25
Building roads, planting trees, soil-erosion and flood-control projects

Question 8

National Youth Administration (NYA)

Answer 8

Provided part time jobs for youth that was still in school

Question 9

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Answer 9

Supported workers’ rights to join unions
Banned unfair labor practices, worker abuse by bosses