Here’s a drag-and-drop alignment of the New Deal legislation to its intended outcomes:
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Federal Arts Project
:: A project that created jobs in the arts, including posters promoting national parks and murals for government buildings. -
Works Progress Administration
:: A program which created construction jobs that benefitted many communities all over the country, including schools, hospitals, roads and bridges. -
Farm Services Administration
#: This project was designed to help poor agricultural workers by capturing photographic images of their lives and struggles. -
Federal Writers Project
:: A project that employed writers to create oral histories from people around the country, thus preserving their voices and experiences through the era.