FDR’s Alphabet Agencies
Write down the aim of
each of the alphabet
agencies and the three
Federal Emergency Relief administration
Acts below. You have 5
FERA
minutes.
Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Agricultural Adjustment Administration AAADO NOT LOOK IN YOUR
BOOKS!
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC
Public Workers Administration PWC
National recovery Administration NRA
Emergency Banking Act
Economy Act
Beer Act
Join up the alphabet agency/Act on the left with the job it did on the right!
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Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Federal Emergency Relief
administration FERA
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.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
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Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Built 16 dams to prevent floods and provide hydroelectric power for industry. Created jobs.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC
Govt. and army pay slashed by 15% and govt.
departments budgets cut by 25%
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Public Workers Administration PWA
Young men did conservation work in countryside e.g
planted trees, for a dollar a day.
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National recovery Administration NRA
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Emergency Banking Act
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Congress to inspect banks accounts, only well managed
banks with enough cash allowed to open.
$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.
Economy Act
Beer Act
Adjusted amount of food grown by farmers e.g. paid
farmers to produce less.
BURNT PIGS AND PLOUGHED COTTON INTO THE
GROUND!
• 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.