THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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It provided job opportunities to any child in need of work.
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It provided part-time employment to college and high school students.
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It provided more than two million high school students with jobs.
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It provided work to all students, ages 10 to 22.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction: The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency designed to provide work and education for young men and women between the ages of 16 and 25.
Detailed explanation-2: -President Roosevelt created the National Youth Administration (NYA) on June 26, 1935 with Executive Order No. 7086, under authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 [1].
Detailed explanation-3: -Overall, the NYA helped over 4.5 million American youths find jobs, receive vocational training, and afford higher standards of education. More significantly, it provided the means necessary for this “struggling generation” to overcome the economic adversity that threatened to overrun the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -During its eight years of existence NYA trained more than two million nationally under the Student Aid Program and employed another 2.6 million youth through its Works Projects Program. NYA provided Oklahoma with approximately $16.2 million and benefited more than two hundred thousand youth.