Social Studies Alphabet

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects

• built dams to provide cheap electrical power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers

• gave relief to unemployed and needy people. One of FDR's earliest programs

• closed banks until the government could be sure they had enough money to cover deposits. Associated with the banking holiday.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects

• built dams to provide cheap electrical power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers

• gave relief to unemployed and needy people. One of FDR's earliest programs

• closed banks until the government could be sure they had enough money to cover deposits. Associated with the banking holiday.

Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

• Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects

• built dams to provide cheap electrical power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers

• gave relief to unemployed and needy people. One of FDR's earliest programs

• closed banks until the government could be sure they had enough money to cover deposits. Associated with the banking holiday.

Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)

• Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects

• built dams to provide cheap electrical power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers

• gave relief to unemployed and needy people. One of FDR's earliest programs

• closed banks until the government could be sure they had enough money to cover deposits. Associated with the banking holiday.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

• Paid farmers not to grow certain crops

• made each industry set up codes for production, wages, prices, and working conditions

• Enforced the codes established by the NIRA, known by its symbol, the Blue Eagle

• Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

• Paid farmers not to grow certain crops

• made each industry set up codes for production, wages, prices, and working conditions

• Enforced the codes established by the NIRA, known by its symbol, the Blue Eagle

• Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

• Paid farmers not to grow certain crops

• made each industry set up codes for production, wages, prices, and working conditions

• Enforced the codes established by the NIRA, known by its symbol, the Blue Eagle

• Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers

Public Works Administration (PWA)

• Paid farmers not to grow certain crops

• made each industry set up codes for production, wages, prices, and working conditions

• Enforced the codes established by the NIRA, known by its symbol, the Blue Eagle

• Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government

• Loaned money to extend electrical power in rural areas

• Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports, employed artists, writers, and musicians

• Set up a system of pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and people with disabilities

• Hoover's program that attempted to loan money to railroads, banks, and insurance companies

Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government

• Loaned money to extend electrical power in rural areas

• Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports, employed artists, writers, and musicians

• Set up a system of pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and people with disabilities

• Hoover's program that attempted to loan money to railroads, banks, and insurance companies