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* [[Agricultural Adjustment Act]] (AAA), 1933 and 1938: raised farm prices by cutting total farm output of major crops (and hogs)
* Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 1933 and 1938: raised farm prices by cutting total farm 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; separate program for Native Americans.


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


* Economy Act
* Economy Act.


* Emergency Banking Act
* Emergency Banking Act.


* [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC) / [[Glass-Steagall Act]]: insures deposits in banks in order to restore public confidence in banks; still exists.
* [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC) insures deposits in banks in order to restore public confidence in banks.


* Federal Emergency Relief Act
* Federal Emergency Relief Act.


* [[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). 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.


*[[Federal Housing Administration]] (FHA)[http://www.fha.com/fha_loans.cfm Federal Housing Administration]
*[[Federal Housing Administration]] (FHA)[http://www.fha.com/fha_loans.cfm].


* Gold Reserve Act
* Glass-Steagall Act. 


* Home Owners Refinancing Act
* Gold Reserve Act.


* [[Indian Reorganization Act]], 1934 moved away from assimilation
* Home Owners Refinancing Act.


*[[National Planning Board]], also called the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB), to assist in planning the economy by providing recommendations and information. Fredric A. Delano was appointed head of the NRPB.
* Indian Reorganization Act, 1934.


* [[National Labor Relations Act]] (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: set up National Labor Relations Board to supervise labor-management relations; In 1930s it strongly favored [[trade union|labor union]]s. Modified by the [[Taft-Hartley Act]] (1947); still exists
*[[National Planning Board]], also called the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB), to assist in planning the economy by providing recommendations and information.  


* [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] (NIRA)  
* [[National Labor Relations Act]] (NLRA) / Wagner Act, 1935: set up National Labor Relations Board to supervise labor-management relations.
 
* [[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: industries set up codes to reduce unfair competition, raise wages and prices;


* [[Public Works Administration]] (PWA), 1933: built large public works projects; used private contractors (did not directly hire unemployed) <ref name=PWA>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/pu/PublicWo.html PWA - Public Works Administration,The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001-05]]</ref>,
* [[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.  Ended in 1954.
*[[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] a Hoover agency expanded under [[Jesse Holman Jones]] to make large loans to big business.


* [[Resettlement Administration]] (RA)
* [[Resettlement Administration]] (RA).


* [[Rural Electrification Administration]] (REA)
* [[Rural Electrification Administration]] (REA).


* [[Securities Act of 1933]], created the SEC, 1933: codified standards for sale and purchase of stock, required risk of investments to be accurately disclosed; still exists
* [[Securities Act of 1933]], created the Securities and Exchange Commission. Codified standards for sale and purchase of stock. 


*[[SEC]]<ref>See [http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml SEC - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]</ref>.  
* [[Securities and Exchange Commission]][http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml ].  


* [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security Act]] (SSA), 1935: provided financial assistance to: elderly, handicapped, paid for by employee and employer payroll contributions; required years contributions, so first payouts were 1942; still exists
* [[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: effort to modernize very poor region (most of Tennessee), centered on dams that generated electricity on the [[Tennessee River]]; still exists
* [[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)[http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm TVA]</ref>.


*[[United States Housing Authority]], created in 1937 with some Republican support to abolish slums.
*[[United States Housing Authority]], 1937 slum-clearance.


* [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), 1935: a national labor program for 2+ million unemployed; created useful construction work for unskilled men; also sewing projects for women and arts projects for unemployed artists, musicians and writers.
* [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), 1935: employment-creation.

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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 cutting total farm 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.
  • Civil Works Administration (CWA), 1933-34: provided temporary jobs to millions of unemployed.
  • Economy Act.
  • Emergency Banking Act.
  • Federal Emergency Relief Act.
  • 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.
  • 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), to assist in planning the economy by providing recommendations and information.
  • National Recovery Act (NRA), 1933: industries set up codes to reduce unfair competition, raise 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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