The Emergency Relief Act:
A) gave direct aid to individuals suffering during the Depression
B) refused to allow any state to give aid
C) was passed only after the vice president broke a tie in the Senate
D) avoided a direct dole to individuals
E) provided state but not local aid

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The Emergency Relief Act, passed in 1933, did not provide direct aid to individuals but instead established a program of federal grants to states for public works projects and other relief efforts. This was done in order to avoid establishing a direct dole to individuals, which was seen as politically unpopular and potentially harmful to individual initiative.