PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA)

Date of establishment: June 16, 1933

PURPOSE

THIS PROGRAM BUDGETED SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS AS A WAY OF PROVIDING A JOB AND IT HELPED IMPROVE PUBLIC WELFARE AND FINALLY BROUGHT BACK INDUSTRY IN AMERICA.

SIMPLY IT WAS TO SPEND LOTS OF MONEY ON BIG PROJECTS

Who it Affect

• ALMOST EVERY COUNTY IN AMERICA
• INDELIBLY AFFECTED NORTH CAROLINA
• AFFECTED PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT OF WORK BECAUSE IT GAVE THEM A MEANS OF EMPLOYMENT AND MONEY

PROS

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED PEOPLE WITH JOBS TO CONSTRUCT AND BUILD THINGS SUCH AS DAMS, BRIDGES, WARSHIPS AND SCHOOLS

CONS

• THIS PROGRAM SAID THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE HOUSING WHICH IT DID NOT DO
• DID NOT RETURN THE ECONOMY TO THE LEVEL IT WAS AT BEFORE THE DEPRESSION

WAS IT SUCCESSFUL?

THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT DID NOT DO MUCH TO RAISE THE ECONOMY LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO AND MANY OF ITS PROJECTS TO A LONG TIME TO FINISH.

THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION TODAY

THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT AROUND TODAY. THIS PROGRAM WAS ABOLISHED IN 1941 WHEN FDR TURNED AMERICA'S ATTENTION TO WAR PRODUCTION.

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