Works Progress Administration
A program of the New Deal in the 1930s. The WPA built sidewalks, government buildings, and similar public works throughout the United States. During the Great Depression, the WPA employed many people who could not find other work.
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How to use Works Progress Administration in a sentence
Some steps would offend some Republicans, such as restarting a modern version of the Depression era Works Progress Administration.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election | Joel Kotkin | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first trails at the area were cut by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the winter of 1936.
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