Question

During the Great Depression there were a number of federal programs which brought electricity to people in rural areas of the Midwest and South. In the long run, this led to A) more competition for jobs in those areas. B) a drop in the costs and levels of grain and meat production. C) higher levels of production and economic growth for the country. D) inflationary trends in parts of the country where electrical power was scarce.

Answer 1

Answer: option A: More competition for jobs in those areas are witnessed when federal programs provided more electricity in rural areas of the Midwest and South.

Explanation:

In the time of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt has passed the Rural Electrification Act (REA) in 1935 as part of the New Deal execution amendment. Through the beneficial act of supplied quantity of electricity units, the rural areas of the Midwest and South got the fine chance to expand the production of goods and services which covered the expenses of the cost of production.

Agriculture is the primary occupation of those areas, the electricity supply helped them to produce more agricultural products and also it supported Agro-based industries. The installation process are initiated and all farmers got loan advances by the cooperative societies.