Which agency was headed by Harry Hopkins and funded building projects?

• A. Works Progress Administration
• B. Civilian Conservation Corps
• C. Social Security Administration
• D. National Industrial Recovery Administration

Answer: (A)

Expansion through public works is the idea being tested here. Harry Hopkins led the Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 to provide jobs by funding a wide range of public-works projects. The WPA financed construction and improvement of roads, bridges, schools, libraries, post offices, and other public buildings, helping put unemployed people to work and driving economic activity. The Civilian Conservation Corps focused on environmental conservation and employed young men in camps, not under Hopkins’ direction. The Social Security Administration handles pensions and unemployment insurance rather than building programs, and the National Industrial Recovery Administration dealt with industry regulation. So, the agency best matching both Hopkins’ leadership and the funding of building projects is the Works Progress Administration.