The Great Depression and New Deal Legislation – Alphabet Soup
ASSIGNMENT:
1. Find two other students to work with.
2. Examine each and every piece of legislation by identifying the following for each:
a. What was the legislation’s / administration’s purpose?
b. Who did it benefit and how?
c. Examine measure of success or failure.
d. Determine if the act / administration is an example of relief, recovery, or reform.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Glass-Steagall Act (FDIC)
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Wagner Act (NLRB)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Indian Reorganization Act (IRA)
Banking act of 1935
Bank Holiday (1933)
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
United States Housing Authority
Fair Labor Standards Act
Emergency Banking Act
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dropping of Gold Standard
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