Monday, February 10, 2014

Blog 16 - New Deal

The NEW DEAL was a bunch of government programs that were started during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression.


FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Commission

                          Works as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933.

SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

                          Controls the electronic markets of the U.S.
 TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

                           Provide navigation, flood control, electricity Generation, fertilizer manufacturing.

SSA - Social Security Act

                           Regulates the workers activities, ad permits him or her to work.

NLRA - National Labor Relations Board

                           Conducts elections for labor unions.

WPA - Works Progress Administration

                           Employs millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects.

FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act
                          The FLSA introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, established a national minimum wage.

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