History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1520 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Direct Relief
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The idea
The Federal Emergency Relief Act gave the states five hundred million dollars in direct grants for the unemployed poor.
In practice
State relief agencies, struggling to care for the unemployed, receiving federal cash, as the Yawp describes.
Where people slip
Harry Hopkins oversaw it. Hoover had fought the relief bill of nineteen thirty-one; this was the direct relief he refused.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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