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

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.

HRS → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Historical Records Survey
Index of American Design → partOf → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
Federal Emergency Relief Administration → partiallyReplacedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Works Progress Administration employment programs
Ralph Stackpole → participatedIn → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Works Progress Administration art programs
Civil Works Administration → replacedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
Federal Emergency Relief Administration → replacedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
FERA → replacedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Music Project → replacedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Works Progress Administration Music Program
American Guide Series → sponsor → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
Federal Project Number One → sponsor → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
Historical Records Survey → sponsor → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
New York: A Guide to the Empire State → sponsor → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
Federal Theatre Project → supervisedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Works Progress Administration Arts Division
Regionalism → supportedBy → Works Progress Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Regionalism (art movement)
this entity surface form: Works Progress Administration art projects