Effectiveness Of Tbe New Deal Factor 5: Social Flashcards
Describe the Public Works Administration
Used government money to build schools, roads, dams, bridges and airports
Created millions of extra jobs
Built Golden Gate Bridge
Describe the work’s progress administration
Brought together all organisations to create more jobs
financed projects like building roads, hospitals and schools
Created jobs for office workers and unemployed actors, artists, writers and circus performers
Describe the Social security act
Gave state pensions to widows and elderly
Unemployment insurance to be jointly financed by federal and state governments
Why was the public works administration successful?
Provided jobs for millions of people
This brought back trade and business as people were spending money that they earnt
Shopkeepers, farmers and manufacturers benefited from the money the government spent on the unemployed
Boosted economy
Why was the work’s progress administration (WPA) successful
Employed 8 million Americans 1/5 of entire workforce
In 7 years they built 2,500 hospitals, 5,900 schools 350 airports, 570,000 miles of roads and 8,000 parks
Why was the social security act successful?
Provided and financial security and support
Why was Social Security Act not successful?
Payments were usually less than generous ; nor was provision made for sickness insurance
( America was well behind Britain and Germany in terms of Social welfare)