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Reconstruction Finance Corporation (view source)
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The '''Reconstruction Finance Corporation''' (RFC) was an independent agency of the U.S. government, chartered during the administration of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932. It played a major role in the [[New Deal]] and [[World War II]] in response the [[Great Depression]]. It closed in 1953 and was replaced by the much smaller Small Business Administration.
The '''Reconstruction Finance Corporation''' (RFC) was an independent agency of the U.S. government, chartered during the administration of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932 in response to the [[Great Depression]]. It played a major role in the [[New Deal]] and [[World War II]]. It closed in 1953 and was replaced by the much smaller Small Business Administration.
==Origins==
==Origins==
The RFC was Hoover's most important attempt to deal with the depression. It was proposed by Hoover and created by Congress in January 1932.
The RFC was Hoover's most important attempt to deal with the depression. It was proposed by Hoover and created by Congress in January 1932.