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American History

IbogaProject

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Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:33 AM

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Rural electrification.

The FHA, both mortgages and public housing projects. Though the FHA was administered wrong due to the redlining.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Act of 1933: Put hundreds of thousands of young, unemployed men to work on environmental conservation projects across the country. It provided valuable work and job training, and many of its projects in national parks and forests still exist today.

Wagner Act of 1935
Officially the National Labor Relations Act, the Wagner Act is widely praised for its empowerment of American workers.

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