Civil Work Administration:
organization created by New Deal to give unemployed people temporary jobs
first employment experiment of the New Deal
Ended because it was too expensive to run the program
had many accomplishments; railroads, schools, playgroud, etc.
too much priming the pump
cost a lot
only lasted 6 months but did a ton of stuff!
US housing authority:
an agency that was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction
1937
is still around today
built housing for low income families
employed many people
have changed over time
must have 25% of apartments available for low-income ppl
US housing act
Urban development act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation:
1932
gave loans to banks, state and local gov't, and business' to create projects/jobs for ppl
gave states loans for emergency relief needs
started under hoover
not as successful as hoover had hoped
FDR did continue to use it, though
made the hayden planetarium
we then went over the test that will either start on monday
STUDY!
https://mrbruns.ning.com/group/ushistory/forum/topics/the-new-deal-testch-1415
we then got another project assigned to us
blog assignment
3 sources 4 pictures
i have france
https://mrbruns.ning.com/group/ushistory/forum/topics/blog-assignment-3-1
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