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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 canonical	3
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation ⓘ United States federal law ⓘ
aimedToReduce	mass unemployment ⓘ poverty ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
associatedWithPresident	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
authorizedProgram	National Youth Administration ⓘ Resettlement Administration ⓘ Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ WPA ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ
context	Great Depression unemployment crisis ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
historicalPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
implementedBy	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: Executive Branch of the United States
introducedPolicyApproach	large-scale federal employment programs ⓘ work relief ⓘ
isPartOf	New Deal ⓘ surface form: 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	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
replacedPolicyApproach	direct relief grants ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectOf	New Deal historiography ⓘ United States economic history ⓘ
targetedGroup	rural poor ⓘ unemployed workers ⓘ youth ⓘ
timePeriod	New Deal ⓘ surface form: Second New Deal
typeOfSpending	emergency relief appropriations ⓘ
year	1935 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Works Progress Administration → legislatedBy → Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ⓘ

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → hasShortName → Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emergency Relief Appropriation Act

Federal Writers’ Project → fundedBy → Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ⓘ

Public Law 75-412 → precededBy → Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ⓘ