The Alphabet Agencies

Alphabet Agencies
March 15 2024
Ms. Mckinney

What is the Alphabet Agencies?

The Alphabet Agencies was designed to give Americans much needed support during 1933.

Alphabet Agencies
March 15 2024
Ms. Mckinney

The First Alphabet Agencies

Farm Credit Administration

This made loans to a fifth (1/5) of all farmers so they would not loose theirs farms.

Multiple Choice

What year were the first agencies created?

• 1945

• 1492

• 1990

• 1933

The First Alphabet Agencies

Agricultural Adjustment Agencies (A.A.A)

This paid farmers to produce less crops, which meant prices would go up so the farmers income would double.

Multiple Choice

Which Agency made 1/5 loans for farmers?

• Farm Credit Administration

• Agricultural Adjustment Agencies

The First Alphabet Agencies

Civilian Conservation Cooperation

This gave jobs to single men (and in rare cases women) between the ages of 18-25.

The First Alphabet Agencies

Civilian Works Administration

This was designed to give as many jobs as possible to Americans e.g. building roads and sweeping leaves in the parks.

Open Ended

What is your future job/ career?

The First Alphabet Agencies

Public Works Administration

This was to create public works of real and lasting value e.g. Building Dams, bridges, sewage systems and houses.

The First Alphabet Agencies

Home Owners loans Cooperation

This agency loan money to over 1 million people to help them reclaim their homes.

Open Ended

would you pay cash for a house or take out a loan?

The First Alphabet Agencies

National Recovery Administration

This was designed to increase workers wages in order for them to have more spending money .

The First Alphabet Agencies

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

This was to help especially the homeless, penniless and the starving.

Multiple Choice

Which Agency was to help the penniless?

• Civilian Works Administration

• Federal Emergency Relief

  Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Cooperation

The First Alphabet Agencies

Tennessee Valley Authority

This was set up to develop and revive an entire region that had been devastated by the Dust Bowl.

The First Alphabet Agencies

Federal Security Act

This was to prevent another loss of confidence in the Stock Market.

Multiple Choice

How Many first Alphabet Agencies were there?

• 7

• 10

• 9

• 5

The First Alphabet Agencies

The Second New Deal Programs Most of the Alphabet Agencies were set up by 1935 but there was still a lot of work to be done. As a result, new agencies were introduced from 1935-1937.

The First Alphabet Agencies

Works Progress Administration

1935

This agency gave work to about 2million people per year .e.g. Building roads, schools, bridges and tunnels

Multiple Choice

What year did the Second Alphabet Agencies start?

• 1933

• 1940

• 1937

• 1932

The First Alphabet Agencies

Social Security Act

This gave pension to everyone over the age 65 to support the handicaps and mothers with dependent children.

The First Alphabet Agencies

The Wagner Act

support workers who wanted to form a union, which prevented employers from firing them.

The First Alphabet Agencies

Farm Security Administration

It gave loans to sharecroppers and tenant farmers to buy their own land.

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