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Public Works Administration ( PWA )

Passed: 1933 Abolished: June 1941. Public Works Administration ( PWA ). Definition. Constructing projects paid for by public funds and they were constructed by the government for the use of the public. . What it did. $7 billion was spent on constructing: More jobs

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Public Works Administration ( PWA )

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  1. Passed: 1933 Abolished: June 1941 PublicWorksAdministration(PWA)

  2. Definition • Constructing projects paid for by public funds and they were constructed by the government for the use of the public.

  3. What it did. • $7 billion was spent on constructing: • More jobs • Maintaining purchasing powers • Improving public welfare • “Priming the Pump” • How many projects did the PWA construct? • Helped construct more that 34,000 projects: • Ex. Airports, electricity-generating-dams, aircraft carriers, 70% new schools, 1/3 new hospitals. • Made Pennsylvania Railroad between New York and Washington D.C. electrified • Gave the government the first network of distributing funds to local districts • Later became unrelated to what was going on and was abolished in June 1941

  4. Passed: November 1933 Abolished: March 1934 Civil Works Administration(CWA)

  5. Definition • Created millions of temporary manual jobs for the unemployed

  6. What it did. • Built 12 million feet of sewer pipes • Built or made things better: • 40,000 schools • Over 255,000 roads • 3,700 playgrounds • Almost 1,000 airports • Paid people a lot of money to do construction • It was kind of successful • Cost a lot of $$$ • Ended March 1934

  7. Sources • http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0840443.html • http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/pwa.cfm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Works_Administration • http://americanhistory.about.com/od/greatdepression/tp/new_deal_pro...

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