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those who were suffering. Roosevelt’s programs became known as the New Deal. “Over the next eight years, the government instituted a series of experimental New Deal projects and programs, such as the CCC, the WPA, the TVA, the SEC and others, that aimed to restore some measure of dignity and prosperity to many Americans,” notes the History Channel. “Roosevelt’s New Deal

Heavy equipment is used to construct a hydroelectric dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This was a government agency created as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to develop the southern part of the poor farming region known as Appalachia.

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