The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 is named after which two legislators?

• A. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins
• B. Robert Wagner and Theodore Peyser
• C. Woodrow Wilson and William G. McAdoo
• D. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

Answer: (B)

The name recognition here is about who sponsored and pushed this law in Congress and what the law did. The Wagner-Peyser Act honors Robert Wagner and Theodore Peyser, the legislators who led its passage. It created the nationwide public employment service by establishing the U.S. Employment Service and state public employment offices to help match job seekers with employers, with federal funding and administration through the Department of Labor. This was part of the New Deal response to the Great Depression, enacted in 1933. While other major figures from the era—like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Harry Hopkins—were pivotal in the broader program, the act itself carries the names of Wagner and Peyser.