Alphabet Agencies

Question 1

Provided govt. insurance for bank deposits & increased confidence in the banking system

Answer 1

Federal Deposit Insurance Corps. (FDIC)

Question 2

Provided $500 billion to public relief agencies to assist the needy in society

Answer 2

Federal Emergency Relief Admin (FERA)

Question 3

Created ‘make work’ projects to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed

Answer 3

Civil Work Admin. (CWA)

Question 4

Created jobs for the unemployed & specifically focused on hiring artistic people like painters, photographers & writers

Answer 4

Works Progress Admin. (WPA)

Question 5

Created a new tax to pay farmers subsidies to reduce crop production and stabilize prices

Answer 5

Agricultural Adjustment Admin. (AAA)

Question 6

Hired young men aged 18-25 to work in the countryside for $1 a day

Answer 6

Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)

Question 7

Created huge improvement projects like bridges, highways to boost the economy thru priming

Answer 7

Public Works Admin. (PWA)

Question 8

Attempted to help the economy by encouraging business to draw up ‘code of fair competition’

Answer 8

National Recovery Admin. (NRA)

Question 9

Established a new tax to give assistance to elderly, widows, the unemployed & the disabled

Answer 9

Social Security Act

Question 10

New Deal agency that built dams in Tennessee & sold electricity- led to criticism of socialism

Answer 10

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 11

A New Deal program that helped struggling farmers and working migrants, by opening migrant work camps, offering loans, housing, and sponsored soil conservation projects.

Answer 11

U.S Farm Security Admin. (FSA)