Question

What was the Works Progress Administration? 

A. A program designed to measure job growth during the Great Depression   B. A program designed to expel illegal aliens during the Great Depression   C. A jobs program to get Americans working during the Great Depression   D. A program making sure that public sector jobs were efficient during the Great Depression

Answer 1

C. A jobs program to get Americans working during the Great Depression

Answer 2

The correct answer:

C. A jobs program to get Americans working during the Great Depression

Step-by-step explanation

The Works Progress Administration was created in 1935 as part of the New Deal's Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This program consisted in creating jobs to employ people during the Great Depression and to increase the economy of the country restoring the purchase power, most of the jobs consisted in public work projects such as public buildings, airports, roads, bridges and parks. The Works Progress Administration lasted for eight years and employed an estimate of 8.5 million people.