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Works Progress Administration

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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Works Progress
Administration

(WPA)

By: Jessica Guziak

Photo by Billie Mezclilla
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WPA Was Established
On
April 8, 1935

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PURPOSE

  • Meant to employ the unemployed
  • Created government jobs for people
  • Employed more than 8.4 million people
Photo by Seattle Municipal Archives
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AFFECTS AND BENEFITS

  • Affected unemployed
  • Supported families average salary $41.57 a month
  • Benefited nation with new roads, parks, bridges etc.
Photo by CIMMYT
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SUCCESSFUL

  • Employed over 8.4 million people
  • Gave opportunities
  • Almost everyone could support their families
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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY

  • WPA disbanded in 1943
  • WPA closed because of the cost
  • Gov. spent more than $11 million before it shut down
Photo by FraserElliot
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WORKS CITED

  • "Explore PBS." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 07 May 2015. Website
  • History.com." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 07 May 2015.
Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography

Jessica Guziak