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The WPA: Antidote to the Great Depression?
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, estimates of the number of jobless workers in the United...
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Glossary Term – Event
National Industrial Recovery Act
Congress enacted the National Industrial Recovery Act “to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.” The act was later invalidated by the Supreme Court in the case of Schechter Poultry Corporation v. the United States in May 1935.
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Glossary Term – Organization
Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 to stimulate the economy by creating government jobs.
Glossary Term – Organization
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was created by the 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act to create and supervise industrial codes.