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WPA by Kayleigh Gentry
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
What is WPA?
- provided public-works jobs
- wide range of projects
- for citizens needing quick relief
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Background of WPA
- Largest New Deal agency
- variety of jobs offered
- Altogether provided around 8 million jobs in America
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Jobs Offered
- Built traditional infastructure
- Built roads, sidewalks, schools, courthouses, ect.
- 40,000 new structures constructed
- 85,000 improved structures
- employed artists, writers, actors, construction workers, ect.
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Successes
- Helped people earn money
- Gave workers hope and comfort
- Gave people a steady job
- Structures built by WPA workers are still in use today
- Employed around 125,000 people by 1940
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Failures
- Complaints of bad employees
- Complaints that WPA causes bad working habits
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Contribution to Great Depression
- Provided jobs to unemployed during the Great Depression
- Gave hope to families
- Provided a paying job for at least one family memeber
- “The stated goal of public building programs was to end the depression" (Robert D. Leighninger).
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Need money now?
Have you been affected by the great depression? Do you have a family in need? If so, the WPA is offering millions of jobs! Call 1-800-WPA-JOBS for more information!
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