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 Emergency Relief Approprations Act

Background Information:

 * Franklin D. Rooselvelt authorized this act on April 8th, 1935.
 * It was the largest system of public assistance relief programs in the nation's history.
 * The ERA was a part of Rooselvelt's New Deal.

Why?:

 * Franklin hoped to lift the country out of the crippling Great Depression.
 * The act was established to help Americans get jobs.
 * It also helped prevent federal programs from competing with independent businesses.

Results:

 * Allocted $880 million in federal funds.
 * Created millions of jobs for Americans.

Five years later, the country came out of the terrible depression. The Emergency Relief Approprations Act should be credited with helping to come out of it. Congress at the time, doubted its long-term value.

Jackie Loughran and Neil Forrestor