Recovery Agencies

Question 1

What was the Public Works Administration (PWA)?

Answer 1

Helped build public places and structure economy

Question 2

How much money was spent on the PWA?

Answer 2

$3.3 billion

Question 3

What did the money from the PWA go towards?

Answer 3

Public works such as roads, schools, dams and parks

Question 4

Successes of PWA:

1 point

Answer 4

Hundreds of thousands gained jobs

Question 5

Failures of PWA:

1 point

Answer 5

Lengthy preparations with planning and organising contracts

Question 6

What year was PWA put in place?

Answer 6

June 1933

Question 7

What was the Works Progress Administration?

Answer 7

Helped the unemployed get jobs

Question 8

Successes of WPA:

4 points

Answer 8

• Built 1,000 airport landing fields
• Built 8,000 schools + hospitals
• Built 12,000 playgrounds
• Gave people employment oppurtunities

Question 9

Failures of WPA:

1 point

Answer 9

State funded them not the government

Question 10

What year was WPA put in place?

Answer 10

1935

Question 11

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

Answer 11

Helped construct dams to control River Tennessee floods that ran through seven of the poorest states states in USA

Question 12

Who benefited the most from TVA?

Answer 12

Farmers

Question 13

Successes of TVA:

1 point

Answer 13

Farmers able to use fertilisers to grow crops and boost economy

Question 14

Failures of TVA:

Answer 14

None

Question 15

What year was TVA put in place?

Answer 15

May 1933

Question 16

What were the 3 recovery agencies?

Answer 16

1) TVA - Tennessee valley authority
2) PWA - public works administration
3) WPA - works progress administration