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- 2. 1933, helped to guarantee both reasonable profits for buisnesses and fair wages and hours of labor, but was later deemed unconstitutional (NRA).
- 4. 1933, hired people from the poor region of Tennessee Valley to build dams and operate power plants, then selling electricity for cheap (TVA).
- 6. 1933, provided low-interest loans for farms and mortgages to prevent foreclosure of farmer's property.
- 8. 1933, offered grants to local governments running soup kitchens and other unemployment relief programs (FERA).
- 10. 1933, provided refinancing of small homes in order to prevent foreclosure (HOLC).
- 12. 1933, guaranteed individual bank deposits of up to $5,000 (FDIC).
- 13. 1935, provided loans for electrical cooperatives to supply power in rural areas (REA).
- 14. 1933, employed young men on federal land projects while paying their families in small monthly sums (CCC).
- 15. 1935, Much larger then the 1933 relief agencies, employing 3.4 million in its first year and contained the National Youth Administration (WPA).
- 16. 1933, offered to pay subsidies for every acre farmers plowed under to encourage farmers to reduce production, but was also deemed unconstitutional (AAA).
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- 1. 1933, allotted money to state and local goverments for various construction projects and was directed by Harold Ickes (PWA).
- 3. 1938, established minimum wage and a max workweek of 40 hours as well as overtime pay while restricting child labor.
- 5. 1933, authorized the government to examine the finances of banks closed and reopen those judged to be sound.
- 7. 1934, created to heavily regulate speculation in the stock market to prevent crashes like the one in 1929 (SEC).
- 9. 1935, Outlawed business practices that were unfair to workers and guaranteed the right to join a union after the National Industrial Recovery Act failed (Wagner).
- 11. 1935, a federal insurance program based on automatic collection of taxes which paid monthly payments to retirees over 65, workers who lost their jobs, blind/otherwise disabled persons.