Match the following New Deal programs with their purpose. You will use all the answers. (U3.1)

Question

TEKS - 16(C,D,E), 18(A) (5 points)

Securities Act of 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Public Works Administration (PWA)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

:: Agency tasked with funding large public works projects

# A farm program designed to raise prices paid to farmers by curtailing production

A regional development program on a portion of the Tennessee River that funded a series of flood control dams and brought electrification to the
Tennessee River valley

Legislation that regulated stock transactions and other investment activity; paved way for the establishment of the Securities Act of 1934, which
established the Securities and Exchange Commission

:: A program put in place by the Glass-Steagall Act; developed to insure private bank deposits

Answer 1

Here are the New Deal programs matched with their respective purposes:

• Securities Act of 1933: Legislation that regulated stock transactions and other investment activity; paved the way for the establishment of the Securities Act of 1934, which established the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA): A farm program designed to raise prices paid to farmers by curtailing production.

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): A program put in place by the Glass-Steagall Act; developed to insure private bank deposits.

• Public Works Administration (PWA): Agency tasked with funding large public works projects.

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): A regional development program on a portion of the Tennessee River that funded a series of flood control dams and brought electrification to the Tennessee River valley.