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Works Progress Administration• Created in 1935
• Headed by Harry Hopkins
• Focused on public works such as bridges, roads, runways
• Also included arts projects
• Some projects famous (Camp David, Dealey Plaza) Signs similar to this one alerted the
public that a site was a WPA works project
In addition to public works projects, the WPA also provided adults with job training as well as enrichment opportunities
WPA: Supporting the Arts• WPA also provided funding for
various arts programs
• Writing, theater, photography, and painting programs
Federal Theater Project• Part of the “Federal One”
project
• Headed by Hallie Flanagan
• “Living Newspapers”
• Included Orson Welles, John Houseman, and Arthur Miller
• Ran into several controversies
Federal Art Project• Specialized in visual arts
• Created more than 200,000 works
• Included art production, art instruction, and art research
Federal Writers Project• Allowed writers to
work directly for the government
• Writers paid a “subsistence” wage
• Several famous writers participated
National Industrial Recovery Act• Centerpiece of New
Deal recovery program• Sought to promote fair
competition, raise wages and prices, and institute collective bargaining
• Created “codes of fair competition”
• Enforced by the NRA