New Deal
Relief Legislation- Once the banking crisis passed Roosevelt's problem was now of providing relief for the unemployed and their families. Private charities had long since run out of money, and few states could still provide any assistance.Under Roosevelt’s Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the first of his major relief operations,gave large amounts of money to the states.In 1935 a new semipermanent organization, the Works Progress Administration (WPA, later renamed the Work Projects Administration), was set up by executive order and placed under Hopkins,a professional social worker, and the FERA was abolished. The WPA provided work relief only, and due to lack of money many people on relief had to depend on the hard-pressed states for a dole. With the WPA roads and streets were built or improved, schools, libraries, and public buildings were constructed or repaired. Artists, musicians, and writers performed for the benefit of the public
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