How did the New Deal impact the US economy?

Which of these federal government agencies for the first time engaged in bringing help and assistance to the unemployed through directly funded works programs?

• PWA

• CCC

• TVA

• WPA

To nearest million how many were unemployed still in 1939?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Domestic solutions like the Gold Act and the NRA were highly effective.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which programme was criticised for creating boondoggle jobs?

• PWA

• CCC

• TVA

• WPA

From 1929-1939 the population had increased by 9 million, but had wealth increased?

• Yes

• No

In 1939, one in five Americans received some form of government relief. Three-quarters of those who were receiving government relief had been out of work in 1933.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Over a ten-month period, industrial production fell 33 percent. Nearly four million people lost their jobs, with unemployment rising to 11.5 percent. GNP fell by 12 percent. What is being described here?

• Wall Street Crash

• Great Depression

• WW2

• Roosevelt Recession

The New Deal did prevent the collapse of the economy and laid the foundations for rapid economic growth in the Second World War

• TRUE

• FALSE

In seven years, from 1935 to 1943, workers of the WPA built

• 2,500 hospitals

• 3,900 schools

• 9000 airports

• 570,000 miles of road

• 1800 cinemas

Which of the following can be seen as the biggest ND economic failure?

• NRA

• TVA

• REA

• CCC