New Deal Matching

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provided funding for the development of dams and electric power for southern states and taught farmers better techniques

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Insured bank deposits up to $100,000.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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What legislation created a national minimum wage (40 cents per hour 1935), established the 40-hour work week with overtime pay, and set the minimum working age at 16?

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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What act set a new national farm policy, providing that farmers be paid to limit the production of crops and livestock?

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

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What organization loaned money to sharecroppers and tenant farmers so they could purchase land of their own?

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Farm Security Administration

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What guaranteed workers the right to join labor unions and call strikes?

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National Labor Relations Board

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Provided four billion dollars for the construction of highways and public buildings. FDR's largest New Deal program.

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Public Works Authority

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Gave jobs to more than two million young men in environmental improvement projects, especially the National Parks System and forestry

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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Created to oversee and regulate and reform the stock market exchange and financial practice, particularly buying stocks on credit

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Created the first pension fund from payroll deductions system so people have additional help in an emergency or used as supplemental retirement money

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Social Security Act