Terms:
Emergency Relief Appropriations Act: eight million Americans were employed by the government to work on public projects, over five million dollars were spent on these relief projects
WPA: Work Progress Administration, the administration that employed unemployed Americans to work on public projects like building bridges
Social Security Act: a law that provides benefits to workers, unemployed people, children, and those that had industrial accidents, was the centerpiece of the 2nd New Deal
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Sources:
1. Shmoop Editorial Team. "FDR's New Deal Timeline of Important Dates." Shmoop.com. November 11, 2008. Accessed February 19, 2015. http://www.shmoop.com/fdr-new-deal/timeline.html.
2. Roosevelt, Franklin. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress." Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress. January 4, 1935. Accessed February 22, 2015. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14890.
3. "The Great Depression (1929-1939)." The Great Depression (1929-1939). January 1, 2014. Accessed February 22, 2015. http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/great-depression.cfm.
Emergency Relief Appropriations Act: eight million Americans were employed by the government to work on public projects, over five million dollars were spent on these relief projects
WPA: Work Progress Administration, the administration that employed unemployed Americans to work on public projects like building bridges
Social Security Act: a law that provides benefits to workers, unemployed people, children, and those that had industrial accidents, was the centerpiece of the 2nd New Deal
itsy-bitsy: tiny
Sources:
1. Shmoop Editorial Team. "FDR's New Deal Timeline of Important Dates." Shmoop.com. November 11, 2008. Accessed February 19, 2015. http://www.shmoop.com/fdr-new-deal/timeline.html.
2. Roosevelt, Franklin. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress." Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress. January 4, 1935. Accessed February 22, 2015. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14890.
3. "The Great Depression (1929-1939)." The Great Depression (1929-1939). January 1, 2014. Accessed February 22, 2015. http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/great-depression.cfm.