Chapter 15 History Test

Emergency Banking Relief Act

This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.

National industrial recovery Act

This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth.

Glass Steagall banking act

This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.

Tennessee Valley Authority

This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, flood-control projects, and power plants.

Agricultural Adjustment Act

This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income.

Federal emergency relief administration

This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the depression--the unemployed, the aged, and the ill.

Civilian Conservation Corps

This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects.

Federal Securities Act

This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market.