6 Mai 1935 Jahr - WPA est (May 1935)

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Congress authorized this to stop political unrest (1935); Objective - employment on useful projects; Supervisor - Hopkins, spent $11 bill on thousands of public buildings, bridges, hard-surfaced roads; Not every project contributed to infrastructure, One controlled crickets in Wyoming, monkey pen in Oklahoma City, count dogs, Well-loved project - Federal Art Project - hired artists to make posters/murals; ~9 mill ppl given jobs, not handouts; Nourished talent, preserved self-respect, fostered creation of >1 mill pieces of public art

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