This agency changed the second word in its title to Projects in 1939 and was at first funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
This agency changed the second word in its title to Projects in 1939 and was at first funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. Headed by Harry Hopkins, it competed with earlier New Deal programs such as the PWA. It played major roles in building Wagoner Armory, Camp David, and LaGuardia Airport, and it also included the Historical Records Survey, Federal Theatre Project, and Federal Writers' Project. Name this agency which is estimated to have employed over eight million people during the Great Depression.
This agency changed the second word in its title to Projects in 1939 and was at first funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
WPA (or Works Progress Administration or Works Projects Administration)