THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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by giving loans to the needy
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by creating jobs for the needy
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by distributing food to the needy
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by providing pensions to the needy
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Public Works Administration (PWA) reduced unemployment by hiring the unemployed to build new public buildings, roads, bridges, and subways. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed hundreds of thousands of young men in reforestation and flood-control work.
Detailed explanation-2: -The WPA was designed to provide relief for the unemployed by providing jobs and income for millions of Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the early 1930s.
Detailed explanation-4: -They provided support for farmers, the unemployed, youth, and the elderly. The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply.
Detailed explanation-5: -What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address? High unemployment.