Talk:Public Works Administration
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Works Progress Administration (WPA): WPA was a part of the first New Deal agency that made contracts with private firms for construction of public works. It was created in June 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression. It allotted 3.3 billion dollars to be spent on the construction of public works as a means of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, improving public welfare, and contributing to a revival of American industry. It used government money to build schools, dams, bridges, airports etc. These would be important when America would recover and they also provided millions of jobs in the mean time.
