The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of 1935 accomplished all of the following except:
a. hired unemployed young men to improve public lands and national forests
b. hired writers and teachers to compile state guidebooks
c. gave jobs to unemployed writers and musicians who would enrich a community's life
d. gave part-time jobs to college and high-school students, so that they could stay in school
A
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A. Adam Smith B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau C. René Descartes D. Charles de Montesquieu
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