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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