6. Regulation of the stock market to prevent speculation that caused the Wall St. Crash.
Securities Exchange Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
7. $500m was allocated to help relieve suffering of poor (food, clothing, etc.). Seed + equipment for farmers, schemes to create jobs.
Public Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
8. Huge public works projects; dams, irrigation (supplying water with land), canals + water transport. Hydro-electric power created thousands of jobs. Farmers were given loans + training in soil conservation. New housing built.
Emergency Banking Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
9. This set up the NRA (National Recovery Administration), which set standards on working practices (hours, child labour, conditions). Created more jobs. Employers who joined were allowed to display the Blue Eagle symbol of Government approval.
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Recovery Act
10. Men aged 16-25 given 6 mths work. They had to send most of their pay home to parents/wives. By 1940 2 million joined.
