USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The WPA-which in 1939 was renamed the Work Projects Administration-employed mostly unskilled men to carry out public works infrastructure projects.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

Detailed explanation-3: -Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Detailed explanation-4: -Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Farm Security Administration (FSA), the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Detailed explanation-5: -The WPA hired only people on relief who were paid directly by the federal government. The PWA gave contracts to private firms that did all the hiring on the private sector job market. The WPA also had youth programs (the National Youth Administration), projects for women, and art projects that the PWA did not have.