The Public Works Administration was also put into effect to help the needy. ... In 1938, Roosevelt made the PWA a division of the Federal Works Agency and the PWA was liquidated in the 1940's. ... Some historians call this time period the Second Hundred Days. One of the most important new measures was the Works Progress Administration, which was renamed the Works Projects Administration in 1939 when it became part of the Federal Works Agency. ... Also during these "Second Hundred Days" the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act were started. ...

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With a supportive Democratic Congress, he was able to pass 15 major legislative acts in the first 100 days in office. ... Roosevelt did this by encouraging the construction of public works as well as work providing organizations. ... It gave money to state and local governments which was put towards the creation of public works. ... The WPA or Works Progress Administration followed suit in creating works to better the entire public. ... In his first and second hundred days in office, FDR passed more than 15 pieces of legislation, more than any other president. ...

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One of the most memorable and recognized time for the president is known as the "First Hundred Days.... Next was the Works Progress Administration, which employed thousands of unemployed unskilled laborers to perform public works projects, such as the construction of railroads and buildings. ... There was also the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration. ...

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During the depression Roosevelt tried one thing after another such as, heavy spending, public works, direct relief, NRA codes, regulation of industry and restrictions on spending. ... In addition, " there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments ." 3 FDR closed all banks two days after he was inaugurated. ... Towards the end of the hundred days they passed the National Industrial Recovery Act. ... The Works Progress Administration created employment for artists and supported cultural activities around the nation. ... Some of the other federal assistance to fa...

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The first of Roosevelt's schemes was the 100 days'. The 100 Days' was a relief program in which Roosevelt passed 15 laws which tackled some of America's biggest problems, all within 100 days. ... The Civilian Works Administration (C.W.A.) was a work creation programme for 4 million men. ... The C.W.A. was replaced by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) The W.P.A. conducted large public works. ...

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After seeing original Cubist works by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso at the first Moderne Kunstkring exhibition in 1911 in Amsterdam, Mondrian decided to move to Paris. ... Like Napoleon's return to France from exile on Elba, this special session of Congress during which FDR found his agenda accepted was known as the "hundred days."" ... Just four days later this act was passed into law, giving him the first major success of his presidency only six days after his assumption of the office. ... Over the next several months he succeeded in having passed 13 other very important p...

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The most active First Hundred Days was under president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. ... Agencies such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and Public Works Act (PWA) created jobs for none other than young white men, excluding women and blacks to a large degree. ...

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These bills were enacted over the "Hundred Days" from March until June 1933. ... The Public Works Administration gave contracts to idle construction companies to build things like roads and ships. ... The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act established public works programs for millions of people in 1935. ...

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Many of these initiatives were implemented in a period often referred to as simply "The Hundred Days". This refers to FDR's first hundred days in office. Within the first one hundred days after being inaugurated, Roosevelt proposed 15 bills to Congress, all of which were passed with relative ease . ... He created the Works Progress Administration (WPA), under which various construction jobs were brought into being. ... Self-relying, "survival of the fittest", "eat or be eaten" days had obviously not quite disappeared but at least a sense of caring for the weak now existed. ...

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In which, he improved working conditions, created public works, and set up a bright future for America. ... The laborer states, "I am sure slavery days were much better for the black slaves had their meals for sure three times a day and medical attention at that. ... The laborer states that the company he works for "sells from 50 percent to 60 percent higher than the stores in town" (In Foner ["Letter to Secretary" 159]). ...

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This act brought in another organization called the Public Works Administration, which organised and funded the building of dams, hospitals, schools, airports, etc. this created millions more job opportunities. The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was also set up and this got rid of child labour, introduced a minimum wage and 8 hour days and this helped employment. ... 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 Federal Theatre project which employed playwrights...

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In 1929, James San Jule's father was a successful businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma. San Jule graduated from Tulsa Central High School and had been accepted at Amherst College in Massachusetts and planned to go on to Harvard Law School after that. Because he was quite young, his father wanted him to wa...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Both President and Man Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States served longer than any other president in the history of the United States. He held office during two of the greatest crises ever faced by the United States: the Great Depression an...

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"Again and again, observers resorted to the imaginary of darkness and light to characterize the transformation from the Stygian gloom of Hoover's final winter to the bright springtime of the First Hundred Days."... "Though women never got their fair proportions of places, the WPA (Works Progress Administration) at one point had more than four hundred thousand women on its rolls, and programs such as to mothers with dependent children under the Social Security Act targeted women as beneficiaries."...

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Development and Usage of the Atomic Bomb Logically, there is no obstacle for a nuclear or atomic bomb and right now there are no secrets in Nuclear Science. Anyone with a reasonable physics degree and access to a good technical library could design a workable atomic bomb in less than six month...

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Progressivism's Profound Influence on New Deal Policies In his book The Promise of American Life, Herbert Croley speaks of the importance of "social cohesion." Social cohesion is a state where all human beings are interconnected, and therefore each individual has a responsibility toward one ano...

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