WPA

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The **//Works Progress Administration (WPA//**) was formed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935 due to desperation. This was created by the Emergency Relief Administration in response to the Great Depression and it was one of the acts of the New Deal in 1933. The Works Progress Administration employed 20 million unemployed Americans. Congress believed that this would help the United States dig themselves out of the Great Depression. President Roosevelt assigned Harry Hopkins to organize and build the WPA. After the Works Progress was created, congress decided to design more programs and groups that would support the funds of the WPA. After eight successful years of employing low income families the Works Progress Administration was canceled in 1943 due to World War II.

__New Deal:__  During the Great Depression the stock markets crashed, banks went broke, the prices dropped from personal income, tax revenue, profits and the international trade fell apart. In order for America to pull themselves out of deperation and the economic troubles, The New Deal was formed by the government and President Franklin Roosevelt. This was placed as an act in order to help reconstruct the damage caused by the Great Depression. Over a series of acts, administrations and deals formed by the government, the New Deal was able to help many Americans. First New Deal:  banking and railroad industries Second New Deal:  Wagner Act (promote union labors), Works Progress Administration, Social Security Act, and National Recovery Administration.

= = = = __Projects and Jobs for the WPA:__  Overall the Works Progress Administration was able to employ 20 million Americans. This provided wage to many families and it allowed them to have stable living conditions. Some public jobs offered and created by the WPA were sewing clothes, making buttons, can vegetables, cook school lunches, build hospitals and schools, and create sidewalks, pools, railroads, sewer systems, and buildings.

Employment of the WPA : Out of all the 20 million people employed by the Works Progress Administration: 8.3 million were children under the age of 16, 3.8 million people were between ages 16 and 65, and 750,000 people were 65 and over.

13.5% of the WPA's Employee's were women. Husbands and wives were not allowed to work together because the government believed that only one person from each family should bring in the income. 2,000 women were part of the Works Progress Administration in Philadelphia and out of that number 90% of the women were married and lied to the government and 18% were honest and admitted to living with their husbands.

Payment by the WPA: Payment was determined by three things: region of the country, degree of urbanization, and individual skills. The payment varied from $19-$94 per month. All employees of the WPA could not work for more than 30 hours each week.  __Supporting Cultural Groups of the WPA:__ Federal Art Project= Federal Theater Project= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Federal Writers Project=
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Formed in 1935
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">director: Harry Hopkins
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Consisted of 48 states
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Strong outreach to art education for children
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gained interest and new awareness towards American Art
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Posters, prints, structures, paintings, drawings and murals were loaned to schools, galleries, and libraries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Formed in 1935
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">director: Hallie Flanagan (chosen by the WPA)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Built a national theater program, which employed millions of unemployed artists
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">formed 1935
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Consisted of 48 states
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Producer: Henry Alsberg
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wrote- American Guide Series (complied from all states and the FWP)[[image:NYA_typing_class.gif width="119" height="109" align="right"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">funded to work as public workers

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> __National Youth Administration (NYA):__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The National Youth Administration was founded June 26th, 1935 and funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. The National Youth Administration provided public work and training to minors through ages 16 to 25. They prepared the children for jobs by supplying courses of writing, reading and arithmetic

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__President Franklin Delano Roosevelt:__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(January 30th, 1882 - April 12th, 1945) 32nd president of the United States Led the United States out of the Economic Crisis called the Great Depression. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Launched the New Deal (1933-1937)= This was produced to achieve Relief for the government and the unemployed Americans, Recovery of the economic struggle, and Reform Americas banks and pull themselves out of the crisis.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__Harry Hopkins:__ (August 17th, 1890 - January 29th, 1946) 8th United States Secretary of Commerce Built and Advised the Works Progress Administration Harry Hopkins was asked by President Roosevelt to supervised the:

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Federal Emergency Relief Administration: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Gave loans and grants to the states in order for them to create relief programs. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Civil Works Administration: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Create temporary jobs for unemployed Americans. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Works Progress Administration: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Create public work projects like construction and large art, drama, literacy and media projects for millions of unemployed Americans. = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

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