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What was the major purpose of the PWA?
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The purpose was to employ young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas
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The purpose was to employ people to build schools, ports, and aircraft carriers. This helped give jobs to people in the Great Depression, and it helped stimulate the economy.
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The purpose was to provide jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It built large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools. Its goals were to spend $3.3 billion (about $10 per person in the U.S.) in the first year, and $6 billion (about $18 dollars per person in the U.S.) in all, to supply employment, stabilize buying power, and help revive the economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief meant that the president wanted to help those in crisis immediately by creating jobs, bread lines, and welfare. Recovery was aimed at fixing the economy and ending the Depression.
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