The Works Progress Administration of 1935

question 95

Multiple Choice

The Works Progress Administration of 1935

• A) gave federal relief money to those deemed "unemployable."
• B) displayed very little flexibility or imagination.
• C) provided mostly "make-work" jobs to the unemployed.
• D) was under the direction of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.
• E) was much larger than previous programs of its kind.

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