... a New Deal for the citizens of the United States. Within days, he was fulfilling this pledge by pressing acts through Congress at a rapid rate. Many called this legislation an "alphabet soup" of acts that would bring relief, set regulations, and create public works initiatives unlike anyone had ever seen (Gordon 303). The most important act was the establishment of the National ... ...

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... a wonderful program of direct relief. In the first two years, the New Deal was concerned mainly with relief. The government helped the poor and jobless by setting up shelters and soup kitchens to feed the millions of unemployed. After those first two years the focus shifted towards recovery. Several agencies were created to take on the task of recovery. With such ... ...

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... goal of most New Deal legislation, many programs were designed to succeed by putting American workers back to work, on the payroll of the federal government. The so called "alphabet soup" of programs that were enacted by Roosevelt during the period immediately following the Great Depression offered a variety of economic solutions to many situations that were occurring across the country. The ... ...

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... prevent any other kind of depression to impinge on the United States. Roosevelt's New Deal, for the first two years, mainly concerned itself with relief. It set up shelters and soup kitchens, feeding the millions of unemployed Americans. Roosevelt felt this was the way to start economic recovery. After taking care of the unemployed Americans, Roosevelt's New Deal began to move ... ...

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... again. By 1932, the number of unemployed people in the U.S. was over 12 million. Americans sought work near their homes and traveled across America leaving their families to find work. Soup lines and bread kitchens were made for starving families. They offered free or low-cost food. Lines of people waiting to receive food provided by charitable organizations or public agencies ... ...

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... the product without them. Way over 2 million employers cooperated with these new guidelines. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration provided more relief and better recovery because it provided $500 million for soup kitchens and money for the dole. In 1935 another organization formed called the Works Progress Administration and this funded various projects such as schools, roadwork's and hospitals and also the ... ...

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... goal of most New Deal legislation, many programs were designed to succeed by putting American workers back to work, on the payroll of the federal government. The so called "alphabet soup" of programs that were enacted by Roosevelt during the period immediately following the Great Depression offered a variety of economic solutions to many situations that were occurring across the country. The ... ...

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... seen directly. It was the feeling of satisfaction that Mr. Jon Doe recieved getting up in the morning, knowing that he was headed to a job and not some bread-and-soup line down the street. Or the satisfaction of a mother at a community class that has taught her how to better care for her children. The WPA also contributed to the establishment ... ...

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