Relief, Reform, Recovery:
Relief for the needy, Economic Recovery, Financial Reform.
Big government.
Francis Townshend. Thought Roosevelt wasn't doing enough for the elderly.
RFC - Started under Hoover
Gave states loans for emergency relief needs.
Not as successful as Hoover had hoped.
CCC - Members lived in camps, wore uniforms, and lived under military discipline.
The U.S. army operated the camps.
Paid 30$ a month.
Planted trees, fought forest fires, stopped soil erosion.
Helped construct military bases during WWII.
Funding stopped in 1942.
FERA - Enacted in 1933.
PWA - Enacted in 1933. Constructed hospitals and schools, airports and aircraft carriers, dams and bridges.
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