Chapter 22

Quiz for Document 22-4: Michigan Artist Alfred Castagne Sketching WPA Construction Workers (1939)

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Question 1

The photograph of Works Progress Administration (WPA) participants at work in Michigan in 1939 provides evidence to support which of the following conclusions?A. The WPA increased Americans’ resentment about the intrusions of the federal government into their daily lives.
B. The chief contribution of the WPA was its temporary employment of manual laborers in large urban areas.
C. The WPA was a large federal relief program that provided payments to unemployed workers who could not support themselves.
D. Through the WPA, the federal government built new infrastructure while employing a wide variety of Americans.

Question 2

What goals of the WPA, beyond providing a paycheck to the unemployed, might this image reveal?A. Accomplishing public work in culture as well as infrastructure
B. Extending African American civil rights
C. Keeping citizens occupied with superfluous tasks
D. Segregating the workforce along racial lines

Question 3

What other purpose might the sketch and the photograph of the activity serve for the WPA and the administration as a whole?A. Addressing and answering Republican Party political opposition
B. Documenting and promoting the work of the administration to the public
C. Gaining and leveraging the support of financial institutions
D. Warning and reminding Americans that the economic recovery was fragile