... creating new governmental agencies intended 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 ... . The fundamental policy, of planning agricultural production to fit demand and thus raise farm prices, was then consistently maintained. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) also...

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... . The AAA tried to raise farm prices. It used proceeds from a new tax to pay farmers not to raise specific crops and animals. Lower production would, in turn, increase prices. k. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (May 1993) The TVA helped farmers and created jobs in one of America s least modernized areas. l. Works Progress Administration (WPA) 1935-1943 This agency provided work for ... the New Deal, the U.S. government set up many programs and agencies, including the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), the Agricultural Adjustment Administration...

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... , 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 (New Deal 1993). These various organizations were all designed to improve the social and economic situations Americans faced during this period in United States history. The banking industry ... ...

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