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| This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for childrem under sixteen years of age. |
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| Protected the right of workers to join unions and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees. |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps |
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| Put hundreds of thousands of young, single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects. |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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| Created through the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, this originally protected up to $5000 of an individuals bank account. |
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| Required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings. |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Created to reform, and to restore confidence in, the stock market by providing a means to monitor the market and to enforce laws regarding the sales of stocks and bonds. |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act |
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| Provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal loans to solid banks. |
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| Provided a pension or retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children, and the need elderly. |
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| Works Progress Administration |
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| Addressed the problems of unemployment and poverty by creating jobs that ranged from the construction of airports and libraries to the sewing of clothing for the needy. |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| Rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region. |
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