Great Depression, WWII Post War #1

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

• Over-valued stocks
• Over-production
• Debt
• Prohibitionof alcohol

The main goal of the New Deal was to:

• increase worker wages and benefits.             
• increase the number of labor union members
• put people to work and end the Depression
• end child labor,  prohibition, and racism

The U.S. president who promised "a new deal" for the American worker was 

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Calvin Coolidge

The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) created millions of jobs and put people to work 

• building state parks
• building schools, libraries, and other public buildings
• on public farms and agricultural communities
• building electric cooperatives

In S.C., the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) was responsible for building 

• state parks
• public buildings like libraries and schools
• roads and bridges
• electric cooperatives

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was innovative because it hired

• farmers and factory workers
• artists, writers, and musicians
• immigrants and women
• African-Americans and women

The Rural Electrification Administration helped bring electricity to 

• urban communities
• suburban areas
• rural communities
• major cities

The largest New Deal program in S.C. and it provided electricity to the Low Country was the

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Public Works Administration
• Social Security Administration
• Santee Cooper Project

The Civilian Conservation Corps hired and gave educational opportunities to 

• young men
• unmarried women
• farmers and factory workers
• women and African-Americans

The New Deal program that is still in operation today is the 

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Works Progress Administration
• Social Security Administration
• Rural Electrification Act