Question

Pick THREE of these New Deal Acts. Identify their purpose and describe the effect each had on the United States during the Great Depression. You must use complete sentences when writing your response.

-Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
-Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
-Rural Electrification Act (REA)
-Social Security Act

Answer 1

The Civilian Conservation Corps was made to give jobs to the unemployed by government funded projects to improve the environment as well as parks in cities.
In the Agricultural Adjustment Act the Government paid farmers not to grow any crops in an effort to raise crop prices.
The Social Security Act was created to provide relief for the unemployed and retirees with an income.