THE NEW DEAL FIXES UNEMPLOYMENT
WPA:
The Works Progress Administration was created to provide jobs for the unemployed. The WPA was one of the largest among many other programs that worked toward improving the unemployment rates by creating jobs. FERA: Before the WPA was created, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was put into place to provide immediate relief to the unemployed. The FERA allowed the Federal Government to distribute 3.1 billion dollars in direct aid to the job-less, along with this the FERA helped to create jobs for over 20 million men. |