EMERGENCY BANKING RELIEF ACT

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE AUTHORIZED THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT AND CLOSE BANKS

LONG-TERM GOAL TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN

BANKS

GLASS-STEAGALL BANKING ACT OF 1933

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE ESTABLISHED FDIC

LONG-TERM GOAL TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN

BANKS

FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE REQUIRED CORPORATIONS TO

PROVIDE COMPLETE INFORMATION ON ALL STOCK OFFERINGS

LONG-TERM GOAL TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN

STOCK MARKET

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT (NIRA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE SET PRICES; ESTABLISHED LABOR

STANDARDS LONG-TERM GOAL

TO ENSURE FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH

AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT (AAA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PAID FARMERS TO LOWER

PRODUCTION LONG-TERM GOAL

TO RAISE CROP PRICES (AND THUS, FARM INCOME)

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE BUILT AND REPAIRED DAMS AND

OTHER PROJECTS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION

LONG-TERM GOAL TO CREATE PROSPERITY IN THE

IMPOVERISHED TENNESEE VALLEY REGION

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PUT YOUNG MEN TO WORK ON

ROADS-BUILDING AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS

LONG-TERM GOAL TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT

FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION (FERA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF FOR THE

NEEDY LONG-TERM GOAL

TO PROVIDE FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE HIT HARDEST BY THE DEPRESSION

PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PROVIDED MONEY TO STATES TO

CREATE JOBS LONG-TERM GOAL

TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT

CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION (CWA)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PROVIDED 4 MILLION IMMEDIATE

JOBS LONG-TERM GOAL

TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT

HOME OWNERS LOAN CORPORATION (HOLC)

IMMEDIATE PURPOSE PROVIDED GOVERNMENT LOANS TO

HOMEOWNERS WHO FACED FORCLOSURE

LONG-TERM GOAL TO HELP FAMILIES KEEP THEIR

HOMES

HUEY LONG A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POOR A GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA AND

LATER, ITS U.S. SENATOR AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF THE NEW

DEAL WHO LATER TURNED AGAINST ROOSEVELT.

HIS “SHARE OUR WEALTH” PROPOSAL WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR NATIONWIDE

HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1935 AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POPULARITY