https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r The programs put into place by President Roosevelt's new deal in order to alleviate many of the issues that arose during the Great Depression. en-us 2019-04-20 00:53:29 UTC 2019-04-22 16:24:52 UTC hello@padlet.com rhicaro20 https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823620 2019-04-20 01:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823620 rhicaro20 https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823627 2019-04-20 01:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823627 rhicaro20 https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823630 2019-04-20 01:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823630 rhicaro20 https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823962 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
-A work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. The CCC planted more than three billion trees and constructed trails and shelters in more than 800 parks worldwide.
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WPA (Works Progress Administration)
-An ambitious employment and infrastructure program. In its 8 years, The WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work. The agency employed tens of thousands of actors, musicians, writers and other artists.
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FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
-Preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least 250,000; by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails.
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-was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the US Congress to authorise the President to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery.^[1] It also established a national public works program known as the Public Works Administration.
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SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
-The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of the securities markets, and facilitating capital formation. It was created by Congress in 1934 as the first federal regulator of the securities markets. The SEC promotes full public disclosure, protects investors against fraudulent and manipulative practices in the market, and monitors corporate takeover actions in the United States.
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FDC (Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
-a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. 
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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
-A United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The Government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land.
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TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
-A corporation owned by the government to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertiliser manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley.
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SSA (Social Security Administration)
-An independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant's benefits are based on the wage earner's contributions.
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NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
-an independent agency of the Federal government of the United States with responsibilities for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 it supervises elections for labor union representation and can investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. 
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CWA (Civil Works Administration)
-a short-lived job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression in the United States to rapidly create mostly manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. The jobs were merely temporary, for the duration of the hard winter of 1933–34. 
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EBRA (Emergency Banking Relief Act)
-an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
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NYA (National Youth Administration)
-a New Deal agency sponsored by the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25.
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FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)
-This organisation'spurpose was initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies. These funds were grants and not loans.
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FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)
-a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor". It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, unless the employer can claim an exemption from coverage.]]> 2019-04-20 01:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicaro20/57y5fs1xs68r/wish/352823962