New Deal
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Harry Hopkins was in charge
Built or improved the nations highways, dredged rivers, harbors and promoted soil and water conservation.
By 1943, the WPA had employed more than 8 million people and spent about $11 billion.
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Built series of dams in the Tennessee Valley to control floods and to generate electric power
Replanted forests, built fertilizer plants, created jobs, and attracted industry with the promise of cheap power.
The TVA attracted a host of critics and called the TVA "socialist".
NRA
National Recovery Administration
FDR called this "the most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by the American Congress."
Developed codes of fair competition to govern whole industries. These codes established minimum wages for workers and minimum prices for the goods that businesses sold.
CCC
Provided jobs for more than 2 million young men. They replanted forests, built trails, dug irrigation ditches, and fought fired.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Became more inclusive and extended work and training to Mexican American and other minority youth, as well as to whites
PWA
Public Works Administration
Built bridges, dams, power plants, and government buildings.
These public-works projects improved the nations infrastructure and created millions of new jobs for workers.
REA
Rural Electrification Administration
Loaned money to electric utilities to build power lines, bringing electricity to isolated rural areas.
It was so successful, by 1950, more than 80% of american farms had electricity.
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insured bank deposits up to $5,000
these financial reforms helped restore confidence in the economy