Alphabet soup

Question 1

Agricultural Adjustment act (AAA) 1933

Answer 1

Provided subsidies to famers who did/didn’t plant specific crops and killed off excess plants/ livestock

Question 2

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

1933

Answer 2

Provided young men with employment in government camps. Flood control, fire fighting, etc.

Question 3

Commodity Credit Corporation 1933

Answer 3

The CCC is authorized to buy, sell, lend, make payments to increase production

Question 4

Civil Works Administration (CWA)

1933

Answer 4

It was designed to provide temporary jobs during the cruel winter emergency. Roads, Bridges, etc.

Question 5

Emergency Banking Act (EBA)

1933

Answer 5

Gave the president the power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange to open closed banks that would survive

Question 6

Sustainable Homestead Division 1933

Answer 6

Gave small plots of land to the urban poor and supported them with low paying jobs

Question 7

Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

Farmers Credit Act

Answer 7

Regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the
Farm Credit System

Lowered framers refinancing rates

Question 8

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1933

Answer 8

Oversees and regulates all aspects of US aviation

Question 9

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 9

Federal Insurance to Banking accounts of up to $5,000.

-Safe and Secure

Question 10

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

1933

Answer 10

$500 million to support state and local treasuries

Question 11

Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (FSRC)

Answer 11

Subsidies

Question 12

Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)

1933

Answer 12

Allowed 1/5 of America’s mortgages to become refinanced

Question 13

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

1933

Answer 13

Gave the president authority to permit monopolies and cartels. Established a national public works program.

Question 14

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

1933

Answer 14

Codes for business. Fair pay and work hour regulations.

Question 15

Public Works Administration (PWA)

1933

Answer 15

Provided funding to many projects to provide jobs and improve the nations infrastructure

Question 16

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

1933

Answer 16

Dams constructed to provide cheap hydroelectric power and control flooding.

Question 17

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

1934

Answer 17

Had power to revoke the license of radio stations that failed to operate in public interest.

Question 18

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Answer 18

Granted loans to home buys

• 10% down payment
• 30 year loan

Question 19

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

1934

Answer 19

Managed disputes between employers and labor unions

-Rights to organize Unions

Question 20

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

1934

Answer 20

Regulates stocks and bonds trading practices

-Full financial disclosure

Question 21

Drought Relief Service 1935

Answer 21

Coordinated relief efforts after the Dust Bowl

Question 22

Federal Security Administration (FSA) 1935

Answer 22

Required the disclosure of information about new stock and bond issues

Question 23

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

1935

Answer 23

Protected the rights to Labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes

Question 24

National Youth Administration (NYA)

Answer 24

Supported education and training of youth and provided part time employment

Question 25

Resettlement Administration (RA) 1935

Answer 25

Government Housing for the urban and rural poor.

Question 26

Rural Electrician Admin (REA) 1935

Answer 26

Provide public utilities to rural areas

Question 27

Social Security Administration (SSA) 1935

Answer 27

Guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65 and the handicap and unemployed

Question 28

Social Security Board (SSB) | 1935

Answer 28

In charge of Social security

Question 29

Works progress Administration (WPA) | 1935

Answer 29

Provided relief to the unemployed in fields of theatre, literature, art, etc.

Question 30

United States Maritime Commission (USMC) 1936

Answer 30

Design and build 500 merchant ships

Question 31

United States Housing Authority (USHA) 1937

Answer 31

Created to subsidize rents for the poor and give long term loans to organizations which promised to assume part of the cost slum clearance and public housing.

Question 32

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | 1938

Answer 32

``` Minimum wage (40 cent) Overtime payment (40 hour) Somewhat regulated child labor ```

Question 33

Federal Works Agency (FWA) 1939

Answer 33

Some work projects