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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") Two years later, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)which was considered as another successful New Deal department was set up. ... Roosevelt's first one hundred days, Franklin D. ... Eight days before the passage of the Emergency Banking Act, Franklin D. Roosevelt called for a four-days holiday for all the banks in the USA, including the Federal Reserve, and allowed them to regain stability. ... His plans Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration not only created more working opportunities for the USA citizens, but also improved the agriculture and public ...

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As the days passed things worsen. ... Strategies like the Emergency Banking Act, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Civil Works Administration plus the Civilian Conservation Corps aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans. ... With this intention, submissions like the Tennessee Valley Authority, National Industrial Recovery, and the Works Progress Administration permitted temporary programs to reestablish the flow of the purchaser demand. ...

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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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Known as the "First 100 Days", Roosevelt came up with new programs to help the United States. ... Programs such as CWA (Civil Works Administration) and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) offered temporary jobs to the unemployed in areas like building railroads and constructing schoolhouses. ...

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Yet the people of Louisiana loved him because he attacked the big oil companies, increased state spending on public works, and improved public schools. ... So confident was he that he wrote a book entitled My First Days in the White House. ...

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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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