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342064526Agricultural Adjustement ActReduced crop production to end agricultural surpluses and halt the downward spiral of farm prices
342064527Soil conservation and Domestic Allotment Actpermitted the government to pay farmers to reduce production
342064528Resettlement administrationprovided laons to farmers to cultivate used soil to relocate better lands
342064529National Recovery Administration (NRA)"Blanket code" minimum wage of 30-40 cents/hr; maximum wrkwk of 35-40 hrs
342064530TVA Tenessee Valley AuthorityDecided to finish the dam at Muscle Shoals and built others in the region to generate and sell electricity at reasonable rates
342064531Glass Steagall ActGave government authority to curb irresponsible speculation by banks
342064532SEC (Securities exchange commission)policed the stock market
342064533FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)Provided cash grants to states to prop up bankrupt relief agencies
342064534CWA (Civil Works Administration)Put 4 million people to work on temporary projects—some lasted others were little more than make work
342064535CCC (civilian Conservation Corps)Designed to provide employment to the millions of young men who could find no jobs in the cities
342064536Farm Credit AdministrationWithin 2 yrs. Refinanced 1/5 of all farm mortgages in US
342064537Holding Company Act of 1935Wanted to break up the great utility holding companies
342064538CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)Expanded the consitutency of the labor movement and was more receptive to women and to blacks
342064539WPA (Works Progress Administration)Established as system of work relief for unemployed
342064540Federal Arts ProjectHelped painters, sculptors and others to continue their careers
342064541Federal Theater ProjectOversaw production of concerts and plays
342064542National Youth Administration (NYA)Provided scholarship assistance to high school college-age men &women
342064543TNEC (Temporary national Economic Committee)Members included representatives of both houses of Congress & officials from several executive agencies
342064544Fair Labor Standards ActEstablished minimum wage and a maximum 40 hr work week and placed strict limits on child labor
342064545Indian Reorganization ActRestored tribes to how they originally were instead of forcing them to assimilate
342064546John CollierFormer social worker who had become committed to the cause of the Indians after exposure to tribal cultures in New Mexico
342064547Molly Dewsonhead of women's division of the Democratic National Committee

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