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Deifine the CCC
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Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks and set up flood control projects.
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Define AAA
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Paid farmers NOT to grow certain crops.
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Define WPA
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Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports. Also employed artists, writers, and musicians.
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Define PWA
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The construction of public buildings, highways, dams, and similar projects was begun under the Public Works Administration.
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Define Social Security
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Provided insurance for the elderly and the unemployed.
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Define The Emergency Banking Act
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Closed all banks for a "Bank Holiday", and reopened only the safe to use ones, with the promise that if anyone lost money, the would be recompensated up to 100,000$ so that citizens would trust the banks.
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Define the NRA
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A campaign that made companies minimum wage higher, and allowed for more jobs to open, citizens were encouraged to buy only from places with the blue eagle.
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FDR's private advisors.
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The "Brain trust"
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Dust Bowl Migrants.
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"Okies"
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Government spending more than they have.
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Deficit Spending.
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