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AAA |
1933 AgriculturalAdjustment Act. Recovery. Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. |
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CWA |
1933 Civil Works Administration. Relief. Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934. |
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CCC |
1933 Civilian Conservation Corps. Relief. Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families. |
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FERA |
1933 Federal Emergency Relief Act. Relief. Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers. |
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FDIC |
1933 Glass-Steagall Act. Recovery. Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures. |
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NIRA |
1933 National Industrial Recovery Act. Recovery. Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers. |
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NYA |
1935 National Youth Administration. Relief & Recovery. Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students. |
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PWA |
1933 Public Works Administration. Recovery. Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects. |
