... to restore fair prices for farm goods (the Agricultural Adjustment Administration), to provide flood control and cheap electricity for the people of the South (the Tennessee Valley Authority), to put young men to work at conservation projects (the Civilian Conservation Corps), and to restore and stabilize the industrial economy and pay better wages to workers (the National Recovery Administration). ( ... under cultivation, raising the necessary funds through a tax on food processors. A Supreme Court ruling in 1936 found the law unconstitutional, but Congress continued the policy of limiti...

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... Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which used various means to rebuild trust in banking, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), which aided farmers through compensation, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Public Works Administration; both of which employed many people to work on public building projects. Congress also instituted farm relief, tightened banking and finance regulations, and founded the Tennessee Valley Authority ... provide enough for those who have too little" (Tindall and Shi 1241). Congress" first step in accomplishing this goal was the creation of the Civilia...

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... a hydroelectric power plant which generated cheaper electricity as compared to the state electricity (by the end of 1940 the 21 dams were producing 3.2 billion kilowatts of electricity each year) through hydroelectric energy, which was beneficial to all electricity-related industries due to its low pricing. With the low ... plans was implemented) was successful in recovering the American economy . The New Deal was also successful in meeting its aims of relief. The New Deal introduced the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in March 1933 which gave work (improving the environment in the Am...

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