The New Deal (employment)

Question 1

Employment rates

Answer 1

The New Deal did improve employment rates and prevent them from getting worse:
1933 - 24.9%
1938 - 19%

Question 2

The CCC (1933)

Answer 2

Employed 250,000 men in its first year and 500,000 a year from 1935

Question 3

The CWA (1933)

Answer 3

Employed 4,000,000 people for the winter of 1933-1934

Question 4

The WPA (1935) `

Answer 4

Employed 2,000,000 people at any one time, and by 1941 had provided employment for 20% of the workforce

• Also showed consideration for the needs of minorities:
  Had a Division of Negro Affairs to support African-American employment