| Program Description | Program |
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| Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. | |
| Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers. | |
| Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers. | |
| Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. | |
| Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. | |
| Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures. | |
| Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects. | |
| | Program Description | Program |
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| Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects. | |
| Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers. | |
| Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying. | |
| Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. | |
| Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students. | |
| Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union-busting tactics by management. | |
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Ivy League
Original 13 Colonies
20th Century by Image
