FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF AGENCY

WHEN

• Established May 22, 1933

WHY

• To employ the unemployed
• To construct public works
• To distribute clothes to needy

AFFECT AND BENEFIT

• Gave jobs
• Improved community

WAS IT SUCCESSFUL

• 3/4 became employable
• Created jobs for unskilled people
• Provided emergency funds

IS IT AROUND TODAY

• Terminated in 1935
• Social Security Act
• Works Progress Administration
• Took over

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