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WPA set out to create as many jobs as possible (jan 1, 1935 – jan 1, 1943)

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The WPA set out to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible. Between 1935 and 1943, it spent $11 billion to give jobs to more than 8 million workers, most of them unskilled.

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jan 1, 1935
jan 1, 1943
~ 8 years