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The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
The major program created by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act was the Works Progress Administration (WPA), led by Harry Hopkins. [84] The WPA financed a variety of projects such as hospitals, schools, and roads, and employed more than 8.5 million workers who built 650,000 miles of highways and roads, 125,000 public buildings, as well as ...
Civil War Texas: A History and a Guide. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-171-1. Wooster Ralph A. (2015). Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-1-62511-025-1. Wooster Ralph A. (1995). Texas and Texans in the Civil War. Eakin Press. ISBN 1-57168-042-X.
The WPA hired only people on relief who were paid directly by the federal government, while in contrast, the PWA gave contracts to private firms that hired workers for projects on the private sector job market. The WPA also had youth programs (the National Youth Administration), projects for women, and art projects that the PWA did not have. [24]
The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact of the war. The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large Union Army and Union Navy . [ 1 ]
Texas Civil War veterans received a pension check from Austin for $100 every month if they were unmarried, $150 if they were married. (Union veterans were pensioned by the U.S. Congress.)
The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, which has been open since 2006 and displays Union and Confederate artifacts. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
In June 1935, to combat the economic forces that entangled youth and their families, the National Youth Administration was launched by Executive Order 7086. [7] Much like the Federal Writers' Project, created just over a month later, the federal agency was intended to assist young Americans during the tumultuous times, to prevent them from falling victim to current hardships, and to maintain ...