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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects...

Timeline of Events

1935

4.8.1935

The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.

5.6.1935

New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

1943

12.4.1943

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.