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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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Question
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What was the PWA?
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part of Roosevelts New Deal programs. Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices, etc.
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put people directly on the federal payroll to repair roads, paint schools, rake leaves, and build playgrounds
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massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WWII
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relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Works Progress Administration (WPA ) was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport and the Bay Bridge were all part of FDR’s New Deal investment. The Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport and the Bay Bridge were all part of FDR’s New Deal investment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The New Deal restored a sense of security as it put people back to work. It created the framework for a regulatory state that could protect the interests of all Americans, rich and poor, and thereby help the business system work in more productive ways.
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