Emergency Relief Act of 1933

E44746

New Deal legislation United States federal statute

The Emergency Relief Act of 1933 was a New Deal law that provided federal funds to states to support direct relief for the unemployed and laid the groundwork for large-scale federal welfare and work-relief programs during the Great Depression.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933	2
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
authorizes	distribution of federal funds for emergency relief ⓘ
belongsTo	New Deal ⓘ surface form: First New Deal
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
enables	federal grants to states for relief ⓘ
establishes	Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
fieldOfLaw	social legislation ⓘ welfare law ⓘ
focusesOn	direct relief ⓘ work relief ⓘ
fundingMechanism	federal grants-in-aid to states ⓘ
hasPurpose	alleviate poverty caused by the Great Depression ⓘ combat unemployment during the Great Depression ⓘ provide federal emergency relief to the unemployed ⓘ support direct relief programs administered by the states ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked a major expansion of federal responsibility for relief ⓘ shifted primary relief burden from local governments to the federal government ⓘ
keyOfficialInImplementation	Harry Hopkins ⓘ
laysGroundworkFor	Civil Works Administration ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ large-scale federal welfare programs ⓘ large-scale federal work-relief programs ⓘ later federal-state welfare system ⓘ
legalStatus	enacted ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
policyArea	public assistance ⓘ social welfare ⓘ unemployment relief ⓘ
presidentAtTimeOfSigning	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
primaryAdministrator	Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
relatedTo	Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ Emergency Banking Act ⓘ surface form: Emergency Banking Act of 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ
requires	state participation in relief administration ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
targetPopulation	needy families ⓘ unemployed persons ⓘ
timeContext	early New Deal reforms ⓘ
typeOfRelief	direct cash relief ⓘ work relief projects ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Emergency Relief Administration → describedIn → Emergency Relief Act of 1933 ⓘ

FERA → legalBasis → Emergency Relief Act of 1933 ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Administration

this entity surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933

Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 → relatedTo → Emergency Relief Act of 1933 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933