THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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homeowners
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businesses
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unemployed workers
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help farmers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Such agencies as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) were established to dispense emergency and short-term governmental aid and to provide temporary jobs, employment on construction projects, and youth work in the national forests.
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: -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: -Most of the enrollees for the CCC were from rural areas where unemployment was often the worst, and they were often uneducated and unskilled. The WPA was more generally targeted towards cities and towns, though it did complete work in some rural areas as well.