Works Progress Administration
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United States government New Deal agency (1935–1939) employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects
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- Works Progress Administration
- inception
- 1935-05-06
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1943-06-30
- short name
- WPA
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1935 establishments in Washington, D.C.1943 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.Defunct agencies of the United States governmentFormer United States Federal assistance programsGovernment agencies disestablished in 1943Government agencies established in 1935Great Depression in the United StatesHistory of the government of the United StatesNew Deal agenciesWikisource templates with missing idWork relief programsWorks Progress Administration