The Goal of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)was to

question 12

Multiple Choice

The goal of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was to

• A) put unemployed persons to work on public projects.
• B) establish federal standards for hiring,firing,and laying off employees.
• C) begin the nationalization of the American labor force.
• D) help distribute food and aid to unemployed workers.
• E) require companies to hire laid-off workers who had been out of work for six months or more.

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