Alphabet Agencies

Question 1

What does the AAA stand for?

Answer 1

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 2

When was the AAA?

Answer 2

1933

Question 3

What does the CCC stand for?

Answer 3

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 4

When was the CCC?

Answer 4

1933

Question 5

What did the AAA do?

Answer 5

it paid farmers for not planting crops in order to reduce surpluses, increase demand for seven major farm commodities, and raise prices.

Question 6

What were the effects of the AAA?

Answer 6

Farm income rose, many tenants and sharecroppers were pushed into the ranks of the unemployed.

Question 7

what did the Supreme Court do to the AAA in 1936?

Answer 7

in 1936 the Supreme Court voided the AAA

Question 8

What did the CCC do?

Answer 8

It took unmarried men aged 18-25 from relief rolls and sent them into the woods and fields to plant trees, build parks, roads and fight soil erosion on federal lands.

Question 9

What effect did the CCC have?

Answer 9

The CCC provided jobs for 2.5 million young men during its 10 years

Question 10

What does the CWA stand for?

Answer 10

Civil Works Administration

Question 11

When was the CWA?

Answer 11

1933

Question 12

What did the CWA do?

Answer 12

It employed 4 million people (paid an average of $15 a week) with many in construction jobs.

Question 13

What did Roosevelt do to the CWA?

Answer 13

After a year Roosevelt disbanded the CWA program

Question 14

When was the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Answer 14

1938

Question 15

In relation to the New Deal how was the ‘Fair Labor Standards Act’ viewed?

Answer 15

It was viewed as the last major piece of legislation of the New Deal

Question 16

What did the ‘Fair Labor Standards Act’ do?

Answer 16

This important labor law set a minimum wage (25 cents and hour) and maximum hour standards (establishing the 40-hour work week).
It also severely curbed the use of child labor.

Question 17

What does the FSA stand for?

Answer 17

Farm Security Administration

Question 18

When was the FSA?

Answer 18

1937

Question 19

What did the FSA do?

Answer 19

it was created on the basis that it would aid sharecroppers. The FSA set up temporary housing for refugees from Oklahoma and Arkansas who migrated to California in the hope of finding work.

Question 20

What does the FDIC stand for?

Answer 20

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

Question 21

Why was the FDIC created?

Answer 21

it was designed to restore confidence in the banks and encourage savings, congress created the FDIC to insure bank customers against the loss of up to $5,000 of their deposits if their bank should fail.

Question 22

What act was the FDIC created by?

Answer 22

The FDIC was created by the Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act of 1933, the FDIC is still in existence today.

Question 23

What does FERA stand for?

Answer 23

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 24

When was the FERA created?

Answer 24

1933

Question 25

What did the FERA do?

Answer 25

it supported nearly 5 million households each month and funded thousands of work projects for the unemployed. It also provided vaccinations and literacy classes for millions of poor people.

Question 26

What does FHA stand for?

Answer 26

Federal Housing Administration

Question 27

In what year was the FHA created?

Answer 27

1934

Question 28

What was the FHA created to do?

Answer 28

it was created to stimulate the building industry by providing small loans for home construction.

Question 29

What act was also created in 1934 which related to the FHA?

Answer 29

HOLC - Home Owners' Loan Corporation