Emergency+Relief+Appropriations+Act

=Emergency Relief Appropriation Act= = = = = =The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act was a "large-scale public works program fro the jobless", which included the Works Progress Administration. The bill included the funds for the Federal Arts Project, the Federal Writer Project, and the Federal Theater Project. President Roosevelt hoped that it would revive the chronic and widespread unemployment citizens faced during the Depression. The Public Works Administration (PWA) and other federal assistance programs created by the act, put Americans to work in return for temporary financial assistance. These workers built highways, schools, hospitals, and playgrounds. It also put actors and other creative-arts professionals’ back to work but sponsoring federally funded plays and art projects. The PWA also funded the construction of New York's Triborough Bridge, and the Lincoln Tunnel, as well as the port at Brownsville, Texas. The act allocated $880 million in federal funds and created millions of jobs. Due to the act, the economy roared back to life in 1943.= = = =Darnell Dorce and Victor Sifunjo=