History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1367 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act
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The idea
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act of nineteen thirty-two authorised one and a half billion dollars for public works.
In practice
Projects limited to those that would pay for themselves and required skilled workers.
Where people slip
The act let the Reconstruction Finance Corporation go beyond loans to financial institutions. Its limits kept it from reaching most of the unemployed.
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