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Hundred Day Congress

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series of initiatives to Congress designed to counter the effects of the Great Depression

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National Banking Holiday

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prelude to opening the banks on a sounder basis

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Emergency Banking Act

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gave administration the right to regulate banks

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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employed young men on public-work projects

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Constructed dams and power plants to improve social and economic welfare in the region

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Banking Act of 1933

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Created FDIC and authorized branch banking

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Insured individual bank deposits

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National Recovery Administration

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regulated industry through fair-trade codes for businesses

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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protects transparency in the stock market

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Federal Housing Administration

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insured bank loans for building and repairing houses

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National Labor Relations Act

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recognized rights of labor to organize and bargain collectively, allowed unions

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Social Security Act

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provided unemployment benefits, pensions for the elderly, and survivor’s insurance

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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established minimum wage and a maximum workweek

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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establish parity prices for basic commodities, paid farmers not to farm, SC declared it unconstitutional

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Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

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paid farmers to plant soil-conserving crops

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Second Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

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conservation payments,

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The Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act

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suspension of mortgage foreclosures; later voided by the Supreme Court

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Resettlement Administration

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removing farmless farmers to better land

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Indian Reorganization Act

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Tribes establish local self-government and preserve native culture

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