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New Deal
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New Deal
The New Deal was a group of U.S. government programs of the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the programs to help the country recover from the economic problems of the Great Depression. Some New Deal programs gave jobs to unemployed people. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) put young men to work in national forests. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created many different kinds of jobs. Some WPA workers built roads, schools, or airports. Others created art for public buildings or set up community theaters. The best-known results of the New Deal include Social Security and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Social Security is a system that continues to provide income for retired or disabled workers. The TVA built dams and electric power plants on the Tennessee River.