THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Social Security Act (SSA)
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Works Project Administration (WPA)
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
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Detailed explanation-1: -These programs employed artists, musicians, actors and writers. Roosevelt intended Federal One (as it was known) to put artists back to work while entertaining and inspiring the larger population by creating a hopeful view of life amidst the economic turmoil.
Detailed explanation-2: -The WPA employed skilled and unskilled workers in a great variety of work projects-many of which were public works projects such as creating parks, and building roads, bridges, schools, and other public structures.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
Detailed explanation-4: -Works Progress Administration (WPA)