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The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
- $1.3 billion (1935)
- May 6, 1935
- 8.5 million 1935–1943, 3.3 million in November 1938 (peak)
La Works Progress Administration (ribattezzata nel corso del 1939, Work Projects Administration; WPA) è stata la più grande agenzia del New Deal che diede lavoro a milioni di persone nella costruzione di opere pubbliche, come edifici, strade e nella realizzazione di grandi progetti nelle arti, teatro, media e alfabetizzazione.
8 mag 2024 · Works Progress Administration, work program for the unemployed that was created in 1935 under U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The stated purpose of the program was to provide useful work for millions of victims of the Great Depression and thus to preserve their skills and self-respect.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
13 lug 2017 · The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great...
28 nov 2022 · What Is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)? The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a program created by then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935 to boost employment...
- Daniel Liberto
7 set 2020 · Introduction. The Works Progress Administration (later called the Works Projects Administration, WPA) was the largest New Deal agency and was designed to provide work to the unemployed. It was created in April 1935, when President Franklin Roosevelt realized that the Great Depression was not ending as quickly as everyone hoped it would.
1 giorno fa · Surviving the Dust Bowl | Article. The Works Progress Administration. Share: Works Progress Administration 1941, Library of Congress. Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs,...
