History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1363 short lesson, about 20 seconds
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The idea
In late nineteen thirty-one Hoover established the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief to coordinate private charities such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
In practice
Aid channelled through the YMCA and the Community Chest, not paid directly by Washington.
Where people slip
The Yawp says charitable relief organisations were overwhelmed by the growing numbers of unemployed, underfed and unhoused Americans.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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