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2. The government declared a bank holiday. When the banks reopened 8 days later the government officially backed 5000 banks, reassuring the public that their money was safe.

  • Emergency Banking Act
  • Securities Exchange Act
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration

3. Helped people who were in danger of having their homes repossessed. It provided new long-term loans.

  • Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
  • Emergency Banking Act
  • Securities Exchange Act

4. This set up the NRA (National Recovery Administration), which set standards on working practices (hours, child labour, conditions). Created more jobs. Employers who joined were allowed to display the Blue Eagle symbol of Government approval.

  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • National Industrial Recovery Act
  • National Recovery Act

5. Government advised farmers to prevent overproduction (keeping fields empty)  this raised prices + increased incomes. AAA helped farmers modernise + rebuild their businesses. Farmers became more organised.

  • National Recovery Act
  • Agricultural Adjustment Agency
  • National Industrial Recovery Act

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