New+Deal


 * Program/Legislation || Date || Purpose ||
 * Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) || 1933 || Reduced production of crops, to raise farm prices. Declared unconstitutional in 1936. ||
 * National Recovery Administration (NRA) || 1933 || Reduced destructive competition and helped workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours. Declared unconstitutional in 1935. ||
 * Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) || 1933 || Built dams on the Tennessee River to control flooding and generate electricity. ||
 * Public Works Administration (PWA) || 1933 || Put people to work building roads, buildings, and other publiic works projects. ||
 * Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) || 1933 || Insured individual savings accounts so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed their doors. ||
 * Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) || 1933 || Provided federal funds for state and community relief efforts. ||
 * Civil Works Administration (CWA) || 1933 || Provided temporary federal jobs for the unemployed. ||
 * Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) || 1933 || Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and building parks. ||