Civil Works Administration

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The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.

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Generate an image of the Civil Works Administration (The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
federal jobs program ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
coordinateWith local governments ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
U.S. National Archives ⓘ
director Harry Hopkins ⓘ
dissolved 1934-03-31 ⓘ
employer unemployed workers ⓘ
facetOf U.S. economic history ⓘ
history of the New Deal ⓘ
fieldOfWork infrastructure construction ⓘ
public works projects ⓘ
unemployment relief ⓘ
foundedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
fundedBy U.S. federal government ⓘ
hasEffect expansion of local infrastructure ⓘ
short-term reduction of unemployment ⓘ
headOfGovernment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1933-11-08 ⓘ
industry public works ⓘ
legislativeBody U.S. Congress ⓘ
locatedInTime Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
mainSubject Great Depression ⓘ
namedAfter civil works ⓘ
notableWork airport improvement ⓘ
bridge and sewer projects ⓘ
public building repairs ⓘ
road construction ⓘ
school construction and repair ⓘ
numberOfEmployees 4000000 ⓘ
operatingPeriod 1933-1934 ⓘ
parentOrganization Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
partOf First New Deal ⓘ
linked to: New Deal

New Deal ⓘ
purpose construct and improve public works ⓘ
provide emergency employment ⓘ
relieve unemployment during the Great Depression ⓘ
reasonForDissolution high cost and temporary emergency nature ⓘ
replacedBy Federal Emergency Relief Administration work relief programs ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
significantEvent provided approximately four million jobs during the winter of 1933–1934 ⓘ
use manual labor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Deal → hasPart → Civil Works Administration ⓘ
73rd United States Congress → enacted → Civil Works Administration enabling legislation ⓘ
linked to: Civil Works Administration
Harry Hopkins → notableWork → Civil Works Administration ⓘ
Public Works of Art Project → administeredBy → Civil Works Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → laysGroundworkFor → Civil Works Administration ⓘ
Federal Emergency Relief Administration → coordinatedWith → Civil Works Administration ⓘ
subject linked to: FERA