Alphabet Soup

2. 1933, helped to guarantee both reasonable profits for buisnesses and fair wages and hours of labor, but was later deemed unconstitutional (NRA).
4. 1933, hired people from the poor region of Tennessee Valley to build dams and operate power plants, then selling electricity for cheap (TVA).
6. 1933, provided low-interest loans for farms and mortgages to prevent foreclosure of farmer's property.
8. 1933, offered grants to local governments running soup kitchens and other unemployment relief programs (FERA).
10. 1933, provided refinancing of small homes in order to prevent foreclosure (HOLC).
12. 1933, guaranteed individual bank deposits of up to $5,000 (FDIC).
13. 1935, provided loans for electrical cooperatives to supply power in rural areas (REA).
14. 1933, employed young men on federal land projects while paying their families in small monthly sums (CCC).
15. 1935, Much larger then the 1933 relief agencies, employing 3.4 million in its first year and contained the National Youth Administration (WPA).
16. 1933, offered to pay subsidies for every acre farmers plowed under to encourage farmers to reduce production, but was also deemed unconstitutional (AAA).

1. 1933, allotted money to state and local goverments for various construction projects and was directed by Harold Ickes (PWA).
3. 1938, established minimum wage and a max workweek of 40 hours as well as overtime pay while restricting child labor.
5. 1933, authorized the government to examine the finances of banks closed and reopen those judged to be sound.
7. 1934, created to heavily regulate speculation in the stock market to prevent crashes like the one in 1929 (SEC).
9. 1935, Outlawed business practices that were unfair to workers and guaranteed the right to join a union after the National Industrial Recovery Act failed (Wagner).
11. 1935, a federal insurance program based on automatic collection of taxes which paid monthly payments to retirees over 65, workers who lost their jobs, blind/otherwise disabled persons.