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Created Under the Tennessee Valley Act. Planned river basin development Based on dams and hydroelectricity.
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Created under emergency Conservation Act.
Put unemployed, unskilled young men to work on rural and improvements. -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration. On May 12, 1933, the United States Congress created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). This organization's purpose was initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies. These funds were grants and not loans.
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Paid farmers to not grow certain plants.
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Enforced codes that regulated wages, prices, and working conditions.
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Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers.
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Insured saving accounts in banks approved by government.
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Loaned money to extend electricity to rural farmers.