Civil Works Administration

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New Deal agency federal jobs program

The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Civil Works Administration canonical	5
Civil Works Administration enabling legislation	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency ⓘ federal jobs program ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coordinateWith	local governments ⓘ state governments ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Archives
director	Harry Hopkins ⓘ
dissolved	1934-03-31 ⓘ
employer	unemployed workers ⓘ
facetOf	U.S. economic history ⓘ history of the New Deal ⓘ
fieldOfWork	infrastructure construction ⓘ public works projects ⓘ unemployment relief ⓘ
foundedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
fundedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
hasEffect	expansion of local infrastructure ⓘ short-term reduction of unemployment ⓘ
headOfGovernment	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1933-11-08 ⓘ
industry	public works ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congress
locatedInTime	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression in the United States
mainSubject	Great Depression ⓘ
namedAfter	civil works ⓘ
notableWork	airport improvement ⓘ bridge and sewer projects ⓘ public building repairs ⓘ road construction ⓘ school construction and repair ⓘ
numberOfEmployees	4000000 ⓘ
operatingPeriod	1933-1934 ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ surface form: First New Deal New Deal ⓘ
purpose	construct and improve public works ⓘ provide emergency employment ⓘ relieve unemployment during the Great Depression ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	high cost and temporary emergency nature ⓘ
replacedBy	Federal Emergency Relief Administration work relief programs ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ
significantEvent	provided approximately four million jobs during the winter of 1933–1934 ⓘ
use	manual labor ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

New Deal → hasPart → Civil Works Administration ⓘ

73rd United States Congress → enacted → Civil Works Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil Works Administration enabling legislation

Harry Hopkins → notableWork → Civil Works Administration ⓘ

Public Works of Art Project → administeredBy → Civil Works Administration ⓘ

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

FERA → coordinatedWith → Civil Works Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Administration