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  2. Alphabet agencies - Wikipedia

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    The alphabet agencies, or New Deal agencies, were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. In total, at least 69 offices ...

  3. New Deal - Wikipedia

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    The First New Deal (1933–1934) dealt with the pressing banking crisis through the Emergency Banking Act and the 1933 Banking Act.The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided US$500 million (equivalent to $11.8 billion in 2023) for relief operations by states and cities, and the short-lived CWA gave locals money to operate make-work projects from 1933 to 1934. [2]

  4. The Living New Deal - Wikipedia

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    What is more, most New Deal public works - schools, roads, dams, waterworks, hospitals and more - continued to function for decades and tens of thousands still exist today. Yet, there is no national record of what the New Deal built, [ 3 ] only bits and pieces found in local and national archives, published sources, and on occasional plaques ...

  5. List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Camp Eagle Pass, Texas, Portion Transferred to Treasury Department May 4, 1936 397 1526 7357 Arizona, Partial Revocation of EO of Sept. 23, 1912, Withdrawing Public Lands May 4, 1936 397 1527 7358 Reinstatement of Certain Former Foreign Service Officers May 5, 1936 1528 7359 Nicolet National Forest, Wis., Lands Included In May 5, 1936 397 1529

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  7. New Deal coalition - Wikipedia

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    The Buying of the Presidency? Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Election of 1936 (ABC-CLIO, 2014). excerpt; Sheppard, Si. " 'If it wasn't for Roosevelt you wouldn't have this job': The Politics of Patronage and the 1936 Presidential Election in New York." New York History 95.1 (2014): 41–69. excerpt; Shover, John L.

  8. Why do we eat ‘lucky’ black-eyed peas? In 1937, a ... - AOL

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    It took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85 years ago, in 1937, an East Texas promoter put the first national marketing campaign behind what ...

  9. FDR and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt spent plenty of time in ...

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    This photo was taken during Elliott Roosevelt’s first visit to Fort Worth, in March 1933. It shows (L to R) Elliott Roosevelt, cowgirl Tad Lucas, and Tarrant County Sheriff J. R. “Red” Wright.