Alphabet agencies

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Cartoon parody of FDR's New Deal using alphabet cards
Cartoon parody of FDR's New Deal using alphabet cards


In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched his New Deal to deal with the Great Depression. The administrative style was to create new agencies. Some were set up by Congress (TVA) and others by Roosevelt's Executive Order (WPA).

AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933
AFL
American Federation of Labor, 1934
CAA
Civilian Aeronautics Authority (now Federal Aviation Administration), 1933
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation, 1933
CWA
Civil Works Administration, 1933
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934
FAP
Federal Art Project, part of WPA 1935
FCA
Farm Credit Administration, 1933
FCC
Federal Communications Commission, 1934
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1933
FERA
Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933
FHA
Federal Housing Administration, 1934
FMP
Federal Music Project, part of WPA 1935
FSA
Farm Security Administration, 1935
FTP
Federal Theatre Project, part of WPA 1935
FWP
Federal Writers' Project, part of WPA 1935
HOLC
Home Owners Loan Corporation, 1933
NIRA
National Industrial Recovery Act, 1933
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board, 1934
NRA's Blue Eagle was seen throughout the United States from 1933 to 35
NRA's Blue Eagle was seen throughout the United States from 1933 to 35
NRA
National Recovery Administration, 1933
NYA
National Youth Administration, part of WPA 1935
PRRA
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, 1933
PWA
Public Works Administration, 1933
RA
Resettlement Administration, 1935
REA
Rural Electrification Administration, 1935
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (originally a Hoover agency), 1932
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934
SSA
Social Security Administration, 1935
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933
USHA
United States Housing Authority, 1937
WPA
Works Progress Administration, 1935

  • Graham, Otis L. and Meghan Robinson Wander, eds. Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times. (1985). encyclopedia
  • Leuchtenberg, William E. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940. (1963). A standard interpretive history of era.
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