Which organization is NOT a New Deal program?

• A. Civilian Conservation Corps
• B. National Recovery Administration
• C. Works Progress Administration
• D. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Answer: (D)

The question checks your understanding of which programs fit the New Deal era. The New Deal aimed to pull the country out of the Great Depression in the 1930s by creating jobs, rebuilding infrastructure, and shaping economic policy under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps provided employment in natural resource projects; the National Recovery Administration set industry codes to boost fairness and recovery (though its fate involved later constitutional questions); and the Works Progress Administration funded a wide range of public works and arts projects. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, however, was created in 1958 as part of the United States’ space exploration efforts during the Cold War, so it did not come from the 1930s New Deal program slate. Therefore, NASA is not a New Deal program.