Works Progress Administration

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New Deal agency federal government program

The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Work Projects Administration	3
Works Progress Administration Arts Division	1
Works Progress Administration Music Program	1
Works Progress Administration art programs	1
Works Progress Administration art projects	1
Works Progress Administration employment programs	1
Works Projects Administration	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency ⓘ federal government program ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	alleged political patronage ⓘ
dissolved	1943 ⓘ
employedApproximately	8.5 million people ⓘ
employerOf	actors ⓘ artists ⓘ clerical workers ⓘ construction workers ⓘ engineers ⓘ musicians ⓘ writers ⓘ
focusArea	airports ⓘ bridges ⓘ infrastructure construction ⓘ parks and recreational facilities ⓘ public buildings ⓘ roads and highways ⓘ sewers and utilities ⓘ
foundedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
fundingSource	federal appropriations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
impact	expanded U.S. public infrastructure ⓘ reduced unemployment ⓘ supported American arts and culture ⓘ
inception	1935 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
laterName	Works Progress Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Work Projects Administration
legislatedBy	Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ⓘ
mainPurpose	fund public works projects ⓘ provide employment during the Great Depression ⓘ support arts and cultural projects ⓘ
nameChangeDate	1939 ⓘ
namedAfter	work relief ⓘ
notableLeader	Harry Hopkins ⓘ
notableWorkType	dams ⓘ guidebooks ⓘ hospitals ⓘ libraries ⓘ post offices ⓘ public murals ⓘ schools ⓘ sculptures ⓘ sidewalks ⓘ
operatedDuring	Great Depression ⓘ
operatedIn	all 48 U.S. states (contiguous at the time) ⓘ
opposedBy	some business groups ⓘ
originalName	Works Progress Administration self-link ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the United States
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
politicalContext	New Deal ⓘ surface form: Second New Deal response to mass unemployment ⓘ
program	Federal Art Project ⓘ Federal Music Project ⓘ Federal Theatre Project ⓘ Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ Historical Records Survey ⓘ
replacedBy	War Manpower Commission ⓘ
supervisedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Voodoo Macbeth → administeredBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

John D. Newsome → affiliatedWith → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

One-Third of a Nation → associatedWith → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

The Cradle Will Rock → associatedWith → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State → associatedWith → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

New York: A Guide to the Empire State → associatedWithAgency → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → authorizedProgram → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

California: A Guide to the Golden State → basedOnProject → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Timberline Lodge → builtBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves → compiledBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → createdAgency → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People → createdByProgram → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

PWA → differentiatedFrom → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Works Administration

Public Works Administration (PWA) → distinctFrom → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Works Administration

Ben Shahn → employer → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Bernard Zakheim → employer → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Henry Alsberg → employer → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Victor Arnautoff → employer → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Music Project → fundedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Timberline Lodge → fundedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Works Agency → hasPart → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Work Projects Administration

New Deal → hasPart → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Works Progress Administration → laterName → Works Progress Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Work Projects Administration

WPA → laterName → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Works Progress Administration

this entity surface form: Work Projects Administration

Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → laysGroundworkFor → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → mainFundingRecipient → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

President Franklin D. Roosevelt → notablePolicy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry Hopkins → notableWork → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Art Project → operatedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

FTP → operatedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Theatre Project

Federal Writers’ Project → operatedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Works Projects Administration

HRS → operatedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Historical Records Survey

Works Progress Administration → originalName → Works Progress Administration self-link ⓘ

WPA → originalName → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Works Progress Administration

Federal Art Project → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Music Project → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Project Number One → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Theatre Project → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

FTP → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Theatre Project

Federal Writers’ Project → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Historical Records Survey → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

National Youth Administration → parentOrganization → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Administrator of the Works Progress Administration → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Art Project → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Music Project → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Project Number One → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

Federal Theatre Project → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

FTP → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Theatre Project

Historical Records Survey → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ