Providing Work Projects

 PWA – Public Works Administration was part of the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

The PWA provided money to states to construct schools and community buildings

CWA – Civil Works Administration built 40,000 schools and provided salaries for 50,000 teachers in rural America

Also built 500,000 miles of roads

FERA – Federal Emergency Relief Agency provided $500 million in direct relief to the neediest Americans

WPA-Works Progress Administration. Goal : as many jobs as quickly as possible