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Works Progress Administration

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Works Progress Administration

In US history, a government initiative to reduce unemployment during the Depression (11 million in 1934). Formed 1935, it provided useful work for 8.5 million people during its eight-year existence, mainly in construction projects, at a total cost of $11 billion, and was discontinued only in 1943 when the change to a war economy eliminated unemployment. The WPA was renamed the Works Projects Administration in 1939.

The WPA was an integral part of President Roosevelt's New Deal.



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