Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935

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New Deal legislation United States federal law

The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was a major New Deal law that funded large-scale public works and employment programs to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.

Aliases (1)

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation → United States federal law →
aimedToReduce	mass unemployment → poverty →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government →
associatedWithPresident	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
authorizedProgram	National Youth Administration → Resettlement Administration → Rural Electrification Administration → WPA → Works Progress Administration →
context	Great Depression unemployment crisis →
country	United States →
createdAgency	Works Progress Administration →
enactedIn	1935 →
funded	employment programs → public works projects → work-relief projects →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States →
hasPurpose	combat unemployment during the Great Depression → fund public works projects → provide work relief → stimulate economic recovery →
hasShortName	Emergency Relief Appropriation Act →
historicalPeriod	Great Depression →
implementedBy	Executive Branch of the United States →
introducedPolicyApproach	large-scale federal employment programs → work relief →
isPartOf	Second New Deal →
language	English →
legalForm	appropriations act →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
mainFundingRecipient	Works Progress Administration →
partOf	New Deal →
policyArea	economic policy → infrastructure development → labor policy → social welfare →
presidentAtTimeOfSigning	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
replacedPolicyApproach	direct relief grants →
signedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
subjectOf	New Deal historiography → United States economic history →
targetedGroup	rural poor → unemployed workers → youth →
timePeriod	Second New Deal →
typeOfSpending	emergency relief appropriations →
year	1935 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Writers’ Project →	fundedBy
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ("Emergency Relief Appropriation Act") →	hasShortName
Works Progress Administration →	legislatedBy
Public Law 75-412 →	precededBy