Resettlement Administration

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New Deal agency United States federal agency

The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling rural families, developed planned communities, and implemented land conservation and rehabilitation projects during the Great Depression.

Aliases (8)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency → United States federal agency →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
authorizedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
country	United States →
criticizedFor	perceived social engineering →
director	Rexford G. Tugwell →
dissolved	1937 →
employer	Dorothea Lange → Gordon Parks → Walker Evans →
fieldOfWork	agricultural policy → rural development → social welfare policy →
follows	Federal Emergency Relief Administration rural programs →
fundedBy	federal government of the United States →
hasActivity	construction of model communities → cooperative farm projects → creating greenbelt towns → purchasing submarginal farmland → relief for Dust Bowl migrants → resettling farm families onto more productive land → rural rehabilitation loans → soil conservation projects →
hasPart	Historical Section (photography unit) → Land Utilization Division → Rural Rehabilitation Division → Suburban Resettlement Division →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1935 →
legalBasis	executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt →
legislativeContext	New Deal →
mainPurpose	aid to farmers during the Great Depression → development of planned communities → land conservation → land rehabilitation → relocation of struggling rural families →
namedAfter	resettlement of rural families →
opposedBy	conservative members of Congress →
parentOrganization	United States Department of Agriculture →
partOf	New Deal →
replacedBy	Farm Security Administration →
significantEvent	transfer of many functions to the Farm Security Administration in 1937 →
significantProject	Dust Bowl migrant camps in California → Greenbelt, Maryland → Greendale, Wisconsin → Greenhills, Ohio → rural resettlement communities in the South →
timePeriod	Great Depression →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Rothstein ("Farm Security Administration") → Dorothea Lange ("Farm Security Administration") → Farm Security Administration photographers ("Farm Security Administration") → Gordon Parks ("Farm Security Administration") → John Vachon ("Farm Security Administration") → Lee Russell ("Farm Security Administration") → Roy Stryker ("Farm Security Administration") → Roy Stryker →	employer
Farm Security Administration photographers ("Farm Security Administration") → Farm Security Administration photographers ("Resettlement Administration photography project") → Land Utilization Division → Roy Stryker ("Farm Security Administration") → Roy Stryker →	partOf
Resettlement Administration ("Rural Rehabilitation Division") → Resettlement Administration ("Suburban Resettlement Division") →	hasPart
Land Utilization Division → Land Utilization Division ("Farm Security Administration") →	relatedTo
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 →	authorizedProgram
Greendale, Wisconsin →	developedBy
Greenbelt, Maryland →	developedUnder
Greenhills, Ohio ("Resettlement Administration greenbelt town program") →	federalDesignProgram
Historical Section (photography unit) ("New Deal resettlement efforts") →	mainSubject
Roy Stryker ("Resettlement Administration photography project") →	notableWork
Land Utilization Division →	operatedBy
Land Utilization Division ("New Deal resettlement initiatives") →	partOfProgram
Greenhills, Ohio →	planningAgency
Resettlement Administration ("Farm Security Administration") →	replacedBy
Resettlement Administration ("Dust Bowl migrant camps in California") →	significantProject