Federal Emergency Relief Act by https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi en-us 2018-03-07 02:10:49 UTC 2018-03-08 18:25:55 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the Federal Emergency Relief Act? 19henriali https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239793693
  •  -The Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) was inaugurated in May of 1933 by President Roosevelt. This Act was aimed for helping the crisis of state and local governments created by The Great Depression. 
  • - The FERA was granting agency to the states.
  • - Governors applied for FERA ad with approval, federal grants were given to the applicant state.
    • ]]>     2018-03-08 17:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239793693     Who did this Act benefit? 19ratzbale https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239799443
  •  employable people on the relief rolls
  • gave loans to states to operate the relief programs
    • ]]>     2018-03-08 17:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239799443     How did it help? 19hansoemm https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239800127
  • Distributed $3.1 million to people in need and employed over 20 million
  • Built up local relief agencies to meet the standards of FERA
  • Instituted the Civil Works Administration (CWA) as a way to get people to work
  • Created the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation which helped farmers by removing price-depressing commodities from the market
  • Collaborated with the Salvation Army to operate shelters for homeless men in Seattle

    • ]]>     2018-03-08 17:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239800127     19hansoemm https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239810555
    ]]>     2018-03-08 17:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239810555     What was the reaction? 19ratzbale https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239812687 Because of the grants given to states, some poverty-stricken states had over 90% of their spending on emergency relief funded by the federal government. 
    - A new program adapted off of the FERA act, the Civil Works Administration (CWA)]]>     2018-03-08 17:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239812687     The Primary Objectives of FERA 19henriali https://padlet.com/19henriali/mgbrvdjz33vi/wish/239812905 There were three primary objectives of this act: 
    • Adequacy of relief measures 
    • - Providing work for employable people
    • - Diversification of relief programs.
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