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#3-the mergency banking act- reopened banks
money was put back into banks
many people started to use banks again
FDR called the first 100 days of his presidency he called "
banking holiday- all banks take a couple days off, the government won't open the banks until they're safe to put your money in
Tennessee Valley Authority
Government dams and hydroelectric plants for electric power
hired the unemployment
developed new fertilizers and taught farmers how to improve crop fields
dozens of dams built in this area
agricultural adjustment administration
reduced the production of staple crops
paid farmers to reduce the amount of crops they planted
reduced crop surplus to raise prices
over 6 million pigs were slaughtered to raise prices
a lot of people didn't like the AAA; they though what they were doing was cruel
it was declared unconstitutional
Farm security administration
gave small farmers money in order to buy farms
dust bowl and drought forced farmers off of their land
FSA provided relief for these people
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation:
improved production and marketing of farm products
started "all-risk" crop insurance
guaranteed a percentage of your crops if they are damaged
works progress administration-
set up a national relief agency and employed over 2 million people
National industrial recovery act- reformed the economy
social security act- established social security
The Indian reorganization act- removed the native Americans for state courts
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