FDR’s Alphabet Agencies Civilian Conservation Corps CCC Federal Emergency Relief administration FERA Agricultural Adjustment Administration AAA Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC Public Workers Administration PWC National recovery Administration NRA Emergency Banking Act Economy Act Beer Act Write down the aim of each of the alphabet agencies and the three Acts below. You have 5 minutes. DO NOT LOOK IN YOUR BOOKS!

Civilian Conservation Corps CCC Federal Emergency Relief administration FERA Agricultural Adjustment Administration AAA Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC Public Workers Administration PWA National recovery Administration NRA Emergency Banking Act Economy Act Beer Act Prohibition ended. Govt. could gain tax money. Aim to persuade employer to pay workers fair wages and charge fair prices for goods. Public work schemes for unemployed e.g. building bridges, roads etc. Congress to inspect banks accounts, only well managed banks with enough cash allowed to open. Built 16 dams to prevent floods and provide hydro- electric power for industry. Created jobs. Govt. and army pay slashed by 15% and govt. departments budgets cut by 25% Young men did conservation work in countryside e.g planted trees, for a dollar a day. $500 m to give to hungry and homeless. For every three dollars a state spent the government would give one dollar. Low interest loans to home owners. Adjusted amount of food grown by farmers e.g. paid farmers to produce less. BURNT PIGS AND PLOUGHED COTTON INTO THE GROUND! Join up the alphabet agency/Act on the left with the job it did on the right!

Civilian Conservation Corps CCC Young men did conservation work in countryside e.g planted trees, for a dollar a day. Federal Emergency Relief administration FERA $500 m to give to hungry and homeless. For every three dollars a state spent the government would give one dollar. Agricultural Adjustment Administration AAA Adjusted amount of food grown by farmers e.g. paid farmers to produce less. BURNT PIGS AND PLOUGHED COTTON INTO THE GROUND! Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Built 16 dams to prevent floods and provide hydro-electric power for industry. Created jobs. Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC Low interest loans to home owners. Public Workers Administration PWC Public work schemes for unemployed e.g. building bridges, roads etc. National recovery Administration NRA Aim to persuade employer to pay workers fair wages and charge fair prices for goods. Emergency Banking Act Congress to inspect banks accounts, only well managed banks with enough cash allowed to open. Economy Act Govt. and army pay slashed by 15% and govt. departments budgets cut by 25% Beer Act Prohibition ended. Govt. could gain tax money.