What form of relief was used to employ unemployed men during the Depression?

• A. Soup kitchens
• B. Public housing
• C. Work camps
• D. Industrial strikes

Answer: (C)

During the Great Depression, governments sought to combine relief with work to help the unemployed. In Canada, the form of relief that did this was work camps: government-run camps where unemployed men lived and performed public-works tasks, earning a small wage. This approach provided actual employment rather than simple handouts. Soup kitchens offered meals but no jobs, public housing delivers shelter rather than employment, and industrial strikes are labor actions, not relief programs. Work camps thus best fit the idea of using relief to employ unemployed men.