Chapter 26
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| 342064526 | Agricultural Adjustement Act | Reduced crop production to end agricultural surpluses and halt the downward spiral of farm prices | |
| 342064527 | Soil conservation and Domestic Allotment Act | permitted the government to pay farmers to reduce production | |
| 342064528 | Resettlement administration | provided laons to farmers to cultivate used soil to relocate better lands | |
| 342064529 | National Recovery Administration (NRA) | "Blanket code" minimum wage of 30-40 cents/hr; maximum wrkwk of 35-40 hrs | |
| 342064530 | TVA Tenessee Valley Authority | Decided to finish the dam at Muscle Shoals and built others in the region to generate and sell electricity at reasonable rates | |
| 342064531 | Glass Steagall Act | Gave government authority to curb irresponsible speculation by banks | |
| 342064532 | SEC (Securities exchange commission) | policed the stock market | |
| 342064533 | FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration) | Provided cash grants to states to prop up bankrupt relief agencies | |
| 342064534 | CWA (Civil Works Administration) | Put 4 million people to work on temporary projects—some lasted others were little more than make work | |
| 342064535 | CCC (civilian Conservation Corps) | Designed to provide employment to the millions of young men who could find no jobs in the cities | |
| 342064536 | Farm Credit Administration | Within 2 yrs. Refinanced 1/5 of all farm mortgages in US | |
| 342064537 | Holding Company Act of 1935 | Wanted to break up the great utility holding companies | |
| 342064538 | CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) | Expanded the consitutency of the labor movement and was more receptive to women and to blacks | |
| 342064539 | WPA (Works Progress Administration) | Established as system of work relief for unemployed | |
| 342064540 | Federal Arts Project | Helped painters, sculptors and others to continue their careers | |
| 342064541 | Federal Theater Project | Oversaw production of concerts and plays | |
| 342064542 | National Youth Administration (NYA) | Provided scholarship assistance to high school college-age men &women | |
| 342064543 | TNEC (Temporary national Economic Committee) | Members included representatives of both houses of Congress & officials from several executive agencies | |
| 342064544 | Fair Labor Standards Act | Established minimum wage and a maximum 40 hr work week and placed strict limits on child labor | |
| 342064545 | Indian Reorganization Act | Restored tribes to how they originally were instead of forcing them to assimilate | |
| 342064546 | John Collier | Former social worker who had become committed to the cause of the Indians after exposure to tribal cultures in New Mexico | |
| 342064547 | Molly Dewson | head of women's division of the Democratic National Committee |