Reduced production of crops, to raise farm prices. Declared unconstitutional in 1936.
National Recovery Administration
1933
Reduced destructive competition and helped workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours. Declared unconstitutional in 1935.
Tennessee Valley Authority
1933
Built dams on the Tennessee River to control flooding and generate electricity.
Public Works Administration
1933
Put people to work building roads, buildings, and other public works projects
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1933
Insured individual savings accounts so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed their doors.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
1933
Provided federal funds for state and community relief efforts.
Civil Works Administration
1933
Provided temporary federal jobs for the unemployed.
Civilian Conservation Corps
1933
Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and building parks.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. The Hoover Dam is a Dam that forms the border between the two states of Nevada and Arizona. It is known to be the world’s largest dam , Hoover Dam brings much needed and wanted water and power to the Southwest. The Dam is 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet across the top. No one has ever been buried in the Dam.The Construction of the Hoover Dam began September 30 of 1930 and the last concrete was poured in 1935. The Hoover Dam is ranked the 18th highest in the world. The Hoover Dam is a system or a part of system that provides water to over 25 million people in the southwest United States. It also has 17 generators that gives it the capacity to make 2,000 megawatts of electricity.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. The Hoover Dam is a Dam that forms the border between the two states of Nevada and Arizona. It is known to be the world’s largest dam , Hoover Dam brings much needed and wanted water and power to the Southwest. The Dam is 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet across the top. No one has ever been buried in the Dam.The Construction of the Hoover Dam began September 30 of 1930 and the last concrete was poured in 1935. The Hoover Dam is ranked the 18th highest in the world. The Hoover Dam is a system or a part of system that provides water to over 25 million people in the southwest United States. It also has 17 generators that gives it the capacity to make 2,000 megawatts of electricity.