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Insured savings accounts in banks approved by government.
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Provided jobs to young men to plant tree, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects.
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Built dams to provide cheap electric power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers.
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Gave relief to unemployed and needy.
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Paid farmers not to grow certain crops.
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Enforced codes that regulated wages, prices, and working conditions.
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Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers.
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Federal agency that regulates the stock market. It protects investors by making the U.S. market transparent and punishes businesses who participate in insider trading, deliberate manipulation of the markets, and selling stocks and bonds without proper registration.
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Loaned money to extend electricity to rural farmers.
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Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airport; employed artists, writers, and musicians.
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Set up a system of pensions for elderly, unemployed, and handicapped.