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Content: The many programs of the New Deal--home loans, farm subsidies, bank deposit insurance, relief payments  and jobs, pension programs, unemployment insurance, aid to mothers with dependent children, rural elect rification, western water management--touched the lives of ordinary Americans, made them more secure , and formed the outlines of the new welfare state" (Davidson, Lytle, et al., Nation of Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic). Below is a partial list of New Deal "alphabet agencies" and their primary function (relief, recovery, or reform). AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT
(Recovery)
Created in 1933, he AAA paid farmers for not planting crops in order to reduce surpluses, increase demand for seven major farm commodities, and raise prices. Farm income rose, but many tenants and share-croppers were pushed into the ranks of the unemployed. In 1936 the Supreme Court voided the AAA. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
(Relief)
Created in 1933, the CCC took unmarried men aged 18-25 from relief rolls and sent them into the woods and fields to plant trees, build parks, roads, and fight soil erosion on federal lands. Young men sent their $30 a month home to their families and left a legacy of outdoor recreation areas (including the Blue Ridge Parkway). The CCC provided jobs for 2.5 million young men during its ten years.