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Works Progress Administration

Works Progress Administration . Tyler Nienas and Mitch Moonier Visions of America Period 3 . Beginnings . Started in 1935 Under Roosevelt’s 1 st New Deal . Purpose. Intended to help people who lost their jobs during Depression.

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Works Progress Administration

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  1. Works Progress Administration Tyler Nienas and Mitch Moonier Visions of America Period 3

  2. Beginnings • Started in 1935 • Under Roosevelt’s 1st New Deal

  3. Purpose • Intended to help people who lost their jobs during Depression. • Helped people preserve skills they had learned in their jobs they lost • Helped workers maintain self esteem • Located across the country

  4. Accomplishments • Employed 8.5 million • By 1943 workers built: • 78,000 bridges • 116,000 buildings • 651,000 miles of public roads

  5. WPA WORKER A WPA worker helps on a road project in Chicago, Illinois during the 1930s.

  6. WPA POSTER This is a poster created by the WPA showing a blacksmith encouraging people to work for America.

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