Name: __________________________

WPA

Works Progress Administration

Gave 8.5 million jobs

They built 650,000 miles of roads

75,000 bridges

8,000 parks

800 airports

Built prisons, pools, hospitals, court

houses and even New York’s Lincoln

Tunnel (see below)

SSA

Social Security Act

Provided a monthly check from the

government to people over 65 years

old.

If a worker died, his or her family would

receive money until the kids are 18.

Name: __________________________

AAA

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Paid farmers to grow LESS food. Made it

so prices of food stayed the same.

Too much food meant prices would go

down too fast for farmers.

Farmers would take “holidays” or days

off to make less food.

CCC

Civilian Conservation Corps

Provided 3 million jobs dealing with the

environment. Only for men 18 to 23

years old. They had to send $ home to

families.

Planting trees. Over 3 billion of them.

Improving National Parks.

Updated forest fighting.

Name: __________________________

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority

The TVA made jobs that helped provide

electrical power to the Tennessee

Valley. They built dams (like the one

above) and electric generators.

It still exists TODAY!

CWA

Civil Works Administration

4 million Americans helped build roads,

airports and bridges in the United

States.

No more charity!

One worker said, “I was working and I

could again hold my head up when I

met people.”

Name: __________________________

NYA

National Youth Administration

Gave PART-TIME jobs to young people

aged 16 to 25. Allowed them to stay in

school AND help their families.

Gave jobs to women and African

Americans as well.

Paid between $6 and $40 a month.

Part of the Second New Deal