Settlers relied on water routes for transportation.
The Colonist already were occupied in Virginia, they were granted two headrights. (basically meaning they got two tracts of fifty acres each)
It was the New Deal programs the "a. Securities and Exchange Commission"
"b. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" that were designed to limit people's losses from bank failures and stock market crashes, since the former protected against bank losses and that latter protected against stock losses.
Most likely the answer is number 1
B. Taft-Hartley Act is the answer