Public Works Administration

What was the PWA?

• part of Roosevelts New Deal programs. Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices,etc.

• put people directly on the federal payroll to repair roads, paint schools, rake leaves, and build playgrounds

• massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WWII

• relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc.

True or false: The PWA built dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools.

• True

• False

How many jobs did the PWA create?

• Hundreds of men found a job

• Thousands of men found a job

• Millions of men found a job

True or False: The program was designed to provide unemployment and not to contribute to a revival of American industry.

• True

• False

What was not a result of the PWA

• reduced unemployment

• It was successful. It benefited construction.

• increased purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings.

• contributed to a revival of American industry.

When was PWA created and when did it end?

• The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in June 1933 and ended in July 1939.

• The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in June 1960 and ended in July 1970.

• The PWA was created by the National Industry Recovery Act in May 1899 and ended in July 1902.

What was the major purpose of the PWA?

• The purpose was to employ young men to perform unskilled work in rural areas

• The purpose was to employ people to build schools, ports, and aircraft carriers. This helped give jobs to people in the Great Depression, and it helped stimulate the economy.

• The purpose was to provide jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States.

True of False: Does PWA mean People Working Administration?

• True

• False

Does the PWA still exist?

• yes

• no