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Primary
US Department of Agriculture

Executive Order 7027: Establishment of the Resettlement Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
Original text of the Establishment of the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Authority for this order was granted under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.
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Primary
University of North Carolina

Documenting the American South: North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronic edition of a very interesting, though dense, book written in 1936 as a record of the activies of the Emergency Relief Adminstration in North Carolina. The book begins with a look at how relief for the indigent was provided...
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Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Franklin Roosevelt: Executive Order 7649

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the text of President Roosevelt's executive order for the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937, which provided for the expenditure of funds to help the unemployed.
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Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 7037

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the executive order of Franklin Roosevelt that established the Rural Electrification Administration in order to bring electricity to the many rural areas in the United States with no electricty.
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Works Progress Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and some of its subsets. Read about how the WPA helped the unemployed and the infrastructure of the United States.
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Website
Indiana University

Wpa Exhibit Project: The Works Projects Administration in Indiana

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this site concerns itself with the WPA in Indiana, the information provides a good overall look at the Works Progress Administration in the rest of country during the New Deal era.
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Emergency Relief Appropriation Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the general outline of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act and how it was set up to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression.
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: National Youth Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the National Youth Administration, part of the WPA, explains how it helped unemployed young men and women during the Great Depression.