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| Civilian Conservation Corps |
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| Gave jobs to unemployed single men planting trees, building bridges, and creating new parks. Worked on conservation projects. |
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| National Industrial Recovery Act |
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| Works Progress Administration |
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| Type of help offered by the CCC? |
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| Type of help offered by the NIRA? |
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| Type of help offered by the WPA? |
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| What does FERA stand for? |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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| What was the purpose of the WPA? |
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| Create jobs: build schools, hospitals, parks, playgrounds, and airports. It gave artists, musicians, and writers jobs too. Artists would paint murals on public buildings. |
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| What was the purpose of FERA? |
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| Gave money to state and local agencies for use in relief projects for the 13 million unemployed people. |
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| What does EBRA stand for? |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act |
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| What does FDIC stand for? |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
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| Rural Electrification Administration |
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| When was the FDIC passed? |
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| What was the purpose fo the AAA? |
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| The government paid farmers not to grow certain crops (thereby stopping surplusses). Farmers were also paid to get rid of surplus crops and animals. |
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| What was the purpose of the TVA? |
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| Built 40 dams on the Tennessee River to control flooding and produce inexpensive electricity. Turned a poor region into a land of productive farms. |
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| What the purpose of the FDIC? |
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| Protected deposits in banks approved by the government up to $5,000 ($100,000 today). |
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| What was the purpose of the REA? |
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| Provided electricity to rural areas (farms). |
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| What was the purpose of the SEC? |
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| Supervised the stock market and stopped dishonest practices> |
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