The Great Depression

What harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley?

A price intended to keep farmer's income steady. This determined the value of a loan

Created under the Wagner Act, continues to act as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers

A United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks

An independent agency of the United States federal government. They hold primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States.[2]

Was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Created by John L. Lewis in 1935

Passed in 1935, was created by a committee chaired by secretary of labor, Frances Perkins, the act had three major parts: Old age insurance for retirees 65 and older, unemployment compensation system. And aid to families with dependent children and people with disabilities

Reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining and prohibited unfair labor practices such as threatening workers, firing union member,and interfering with union organization.

Headed by Harry Hopkins, set out to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible

Provided money to states to create jobs in the construction of schools, and other community buildings

Put young men aged 18-25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping soil erosion and flood control projects

Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unseeded

Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations

Established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5000 reassuring millions of bank customers that their money was safe

Key parts of the New Deal

Two term governor of New York