New Deal Alphabet Soup

99798493	Banking Holiday	Mar 6 - Mar 13 1933, FDR shuts down all banks to stop withdrawal of funds and improve confidence
99798494	Banking Act of 1933	-set up FDIC which insured deposits up to $5000 and limited banks trading in stocks and bonds
99798495	Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)	-organization which required companies to publish facts about their business, it also regulated stockbrokers
99798496	National Recovery Administration (NRA)	- more government regulation of companies; set standards for products, prices, and price increases; set min wages and max hours
99798497	Public Works Administration (PWA)	-created conservation projects, provided government funds for those projects, created jobs
99798498	Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)	- government paid farmers not to plant crops, provided loans for farmers to help pay mortgages
99798499	Tennessee Vally Authority (TVA)	- built dams for flood control and hydroelectric power in the Tennessee valley, created projects to combat erosion and deforestation
99798500	Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)	- state and federal parks projects, planting trees to combat erosion
99798501	Works Progress Administration (WPA)	- built roads, bridges, buildings, even provided money for art projects; by 1936 7% of the American work force was employed by the WPA
99798502	Social Security Act	- provided for retirement payments paid for by businesses and workers; and unemployment insurance paid for by businesses
99804303	Fireside Chats	- series of radio broadcasts given by FDR in which he explained his plans to help the country and asked for the peoples support
99804304	FDR	Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the US, led the country during the Great Depression and WWII
99857321	Liberal	One who believes in more government control, in this case of the economy
99857322	Conservative	One who believes in less government control, in this case of the economy