1. FDR’s Alphabet Soup

4. National Bank Holiday and Emergency Banking Act
Bank Holiday: All banks close, inspected by government before reopening.
Banking Act: Banks received loans to continue operations.

5. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Paid farmers for crops

6. Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC)
Hire to plant trees, build roads and control floods

7. Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Repaid home-related debt

8. Homeowner’s Loan Corporation (HLC)
Help offset cost of building/buying homes

9. National Labor Wagner Act Relations Act Allowed unions National Labor
Relations Board (NRLB)

10. National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Help business’ recover by encouraging cooperation.

11. Government care for older, unemployed, disabled adults
Social Security Act:
Government care for older, unemployed, disabled adults

12. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA):
Fixed problems in the Tennessee area, set tone

13. Works Progress Administration (WPA):
Unemployed to work in various fields of interest/need

14. FDR’s Fireside Chats FDR on radio People Explains laws and plans
Defends policies
Opens up Presidency to people
People
Gather around radio in
living room
Felt like FDR was there
Connected to President

15. Questions Why were FDR’s programs nicknamed Alphabet Soup?
How do you think Americans felt about Roosevelt?