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* Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933 and 1938: raised farm prices by cutting total farm output of major crops.
* Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933 and 1938: raised farm prices by restrictin the  output of major crops.


* [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC), 1933: employed young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas; under Army supervision; separate program for Native Americans.
* [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC), 1933: employed young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas; under Army supervision,


* Civil Works Administration  (CWA), 1933-34: provided temporary jobs to millions of unemployed.
* Civil Works Administration  (CWA), 1933-34: provided temporary jobs to the unemployed.


* Economy Act.
* Economy Act.
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* Emergency Banking Act.
* Emergency Banking Act.


* [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC) insures deposits in banks in order to restore public confidence in banks.
* [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC) insured deposits in banks.


* Federal Emergency Relief Act.
* Federal Emergency Relief Act.
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* [[Farm Security Administration]] (FSA).
* [[Farm Security Administration]] (FSA).


*[[FERA|Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] (FERA). ERA, a Hoover loan program to states for relief; replaced by FERA in 1933 to give grants to states to operate relief projects for the unskilled; replaced by WPA in 1935.
*[[FERA|Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] (FERA) gave grants to states to operate relief projects for the unskilled.


*[[Federal Housing Administration]] (FHA)[http://www.fha.com/fha_loans.cfm].
*[[Federal Housing Administration]] (FHA)[http://www.fha.com/fha_loans.cfm].
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* Indian Reorganization Act, 1934.
* Indian Reorganization Act, 1934.


*[[National Planning Board]], also called the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB), to assist in planning the economy by providing recommendations and information.  
*[[National Planning Board]], also called the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB), provided planning recommendations and information.  


* [[National Labor Relations Act]] (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: set up National Labor Relations Board to supervise labor-management relations.  
* [[National Labor Relations Act]] (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: set up National Labor Relations Board supervised labor-management relations.  


* [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] (NIRA).  
* [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] (NIRA).  


* [[National Recovery Act]] (NRA), 1933: industries set up codes to reduce unfair competition, raise wages and prices;
* [[National Recovery Act]] (NRA), 1933: set up codes to restrict industrial competition and control wages and prices;


* [[Public Works Administration]] (PWA), 1933: built large public works projects [http://www.bartleby.com/65/pu/PublicWo.html].
* [[Public Works Administration]] (PWA), 1933: built large public works projects [http://www.bartleby.com/65/pu/PublicWo.html].


*[[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] a Hoover agency expanded under [[Jesse Holman Jones]] to make large loans to big business.
*[[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] made loans to corporations.


* [[Resettlement Administration]] (RA).
* [[Resettlement Administration]] (RA).
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* [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security Act]] (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, funded by employee and employer payroll contributions.  
* [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security Act]] (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, funded by employee and employer payroll contributions.  


* [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] (TVA), 1933:  centered on dams that generated electricity on the [[Tennessee River]], [http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm ].
* [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] (TVA), 1933:  built dams to generate electricity on the [[Tennessee River]], [http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm ].


*[[United States Housing Authority]], 1937 slum-clearance.
* [[United States Housing Authority]], 1937 cleared slums.


* [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), 1935: employment-creation.
* [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), 1935: created employment.

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This addendum is a continuation of the article New Deal.

New Deal measures

(For the sequence of New Deal legislative measures, see the New Deal Timelines subpage [[1]]).


  • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933 and 1938: raised farm prices by restrictin the output of major crops.
  • Civil Works Administration (CWA), 1933-34: provided temporary jobs to the unemployed.
  • Economy Act.
  • Emergency Banking Act.
  • Federal Emergency Relief Act.
  • Glass-Steagall Act.
  • Gold Reserve Act.
  • Home Owners Refinancing Act.
  • Indian Reorganization Act, 1934.
  • National Planning Board, also called the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB), provided planning recommendations and information.
  • National Recovery Act (NRA), 1933: set up codes to restrict industrial competition and control wages and prices;
  • Securities Act of 1933, created the Securities and Exchange Commission. Codified standards for sale and purchase of stock.
  • Social Security Act (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, funded by employee and employer payroll contributions.
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