PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA)

PWA ESTABLISHMENT

• June 16, 1933

PURPOSE

• It was created in response to the Great Depression
• It's purpose was to create projects paid by the government to help revive the economy from the Great Depression

AFFECTS/BENEFITS

• A benefit is the PWA built schools, hospitals, bridges, and dams for communities
• It affected people who didn't have jobs because the PWA gave them jobs

SUCCESSFUL?

• The PWA was successful because the PWA funded more than 34,000 projects
• Some of those 34,000 projects included airports, electricity-generating dams, and aircraft carriers

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY

• It ended in June 1941 because FDR moved industry toward war production and left his opposition to a sum of money that is too small, the PWA became not connected and abolished the PWA

WORKS CITED

• "Public Works Administration - Social Welfare History Project." Social Welfare History Project. N.p., 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 07 May 2015.
• "Public Works Administration." Public Works Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2015.