New Deal Projects in Indiana

What was the name of the Federal Programs aimed at getting the United States out of the Great Depression?

• Square Deal

• The Great Society

• New Deal

• American Camelot

In Indiana, which New Deal program put the MOST amount of Hoosiers to work?

• New Youth Association

• Works Progress Administration

• Farm Securities Administration

• Glass-Steagall Act

What types of jobs did the Works Progress Administration provide?

• Jobs in infrastructure, such as building roads, bridges, and sewers

• Jobs in the arts, such as creating murals for post offices

• Jobs in recreation, such as building up our State Park system

• Jobs in the arts, such as writing about Indiana's History.

What was created as a result of the Federal Writer's Project? (Select 2)

• Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State

• Indiana Basketball: the game that changed the Hoosier State

• The unequivocal history of the Indy 500: origins, winners, and losers.

• Interviewing former slaves

What is the name of the New Deal Program that helped develop our State Park system?

• Works Progress Administration

• Federal Art Project

• Federal Writer's Project

• Civilian Conservation Corp.

True or False: The CCC created over 25 new State Parks in Indiana.

• True

• False

Where was Indiana's first CCC camp located?

• Lincoln State Park

• Brown County State Park

• Morgan-Monroe State Forest

• Clifty Falls State Park

True or False: The CCC was one of the first racially integrated New Deal Programs in Indiana.

• True

• False

What is the nearest State Park that was a beneficiary of the CCC?

• Lincoln State Park

• Brown County State Park

• Morgan-Monroe State Forest

• Clifty Falls State Park

What was the name of the park classification created that meant the land was great for recreational purposes but NOT suitable for farmland?

• Recreation Demonstration Areas (RDAs)

• Demostration Detailed Tenants (DDTs)

• Knight German Brushes (KGBs)

• Outside Viewing Observatories (OVOs)