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"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Main Points:
•FCA - Farm Credit Association - Stablilize agricultural prices
•NRA - National Recovery Administration - Stablize prices and improve labour conditions
•CCC - Civil Conservation Corps
•AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
Summary:
The alphabet agencies were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. Many were created throughout the 1930s, such the United States Housing Authority and the Federal Loan Agency, and some during the 1940s for the war, such as the Office of War Information and Office of Censorship.
- Alphabet agencies were created under Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression as relief for the unemployed and to prevent another stock market crash.
- The New Deal "alphabet agencies", pointing for a primary function (relief, recovery,or reform).
•FCA - Farm Credit Association - Stablilize agricultural prices
•NRA - National Recovery Administration - Stablize prices and improve labour conditions
•CCC - Civil Conservation Corps
•AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
Summary:
The alphabet agencies were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. Many were created throughout the 1930s, such the United States Housing Authority and the Federal Loan Agency, and some during the 1940s for the war, such as the Office of War Information and Office of Censorship.