Works Progress Administration Is Established
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Depressions, Recessions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: April 8, 1935
Article abstract: A new agency, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), administers a nationwide program of public works to alleviate unemployment.
Summary of Event
The history of the New Deal’s relief policy is essentially one of hopeful experimentation. President Roosevelt was reluctant to engage in a full-scale program of deficit spending implicit in direct relief and public works, yet he was deeply committed to relieving the nation’s unemployment. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), passed in June, 1933, had provided for the creation of...
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