Which program is correctly paired with its purpose?

• A. Wpa - Relief program giving people jobs
• B. Fdic - Unemployment insurance
• C. Ssa - Created the Works Progress Administration
• D. Aaa - Built interstate highways

Answer: (A)

Understanding what each New Deal program actually did helps you see why the Works Progress Administration line is the best match. The WPA was a relief program designed to put unemployed people to work quickly by funding public-works and other projects, from building roads and schools to supporting arts and public infrastructure. That direct goal—providing jobs to those in need during the Depression—fits perfectly.

The other options mix up roles: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protects bank deposits, not unemployment; the Social Security Administration created the Social Security system, not a jobs program; and the Agricultural Adjustment Act aimed to raise farm prices by limiting production, not to build interstate highways. Roads and highways were funded and built through separate federal highway programs years later.

So the correct pairing is the Works Progress Administration as a relief program giving people jobs.