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Hoover Online!: Press Releases

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Press Release images available in full text are provided from the Hoover Presidential Library concerning the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Read background concerning its inception and details about the way it worked in an attempt to rescue businesses from the Great Depression. Good primary source material from the National Archives and Records Administration.

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great depression, reconstruction finance corporation, reconstruction finance corporation, 1932

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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