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One of the most expensive WPA projects, the New York City's Triborough Bridge or the RFK bridge.

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Critics claimed the government was wasting money on unnecessary projects.

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The WPA in our own backyard: though the park itself dates to the conservation movement of the Progressive Era, the Tower in Sleeping Giant State Park was constructed using funds from the WPA

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Built at the height of the Great Depression, New York City's Triborough Bridge (now known as the RFK Bridge) was one of the largest and most expensive WPA projects.

The WPA and other New Deal agencies were not without their critics, who claimed the government was wasting federal money on unnecessary projects.

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"The Historical Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. The official mission statement was the "discovery, preservation, and listing of basic materials for research in the history of the United States."

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-For artists to be considered as part of the project, they had to apply for Home Relief to confirm that they were impoverished and then submit samples of their work to demonstrate they were actively creating art. Once approved, an artist's stipend was about $24 per week.
-Employed artists with a wide range of experience and styles, sponsored a more varied and experimental body of art, and had a far greater influence on subsequent American movements.
-Collectively created more than 100,000 paintings and murals and over 18,000 sculptures to be found in municipal buildings, schools, and hospitals in all of the 48 states.
-Art depicted shared values and American progress, including technological wonders, fertile farmlands, small town life, and big city vibrancy.
-Changed the role of the art in public life.
-Preferred a realistic style of art.
-Many of the faces of the workers depicted in these artworks are all the same --> unity and generalization (could be you, could be anyone, it is all of us).

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- Federal government project created to provide jobs to unemployed writers
- Notable publications include "The American Guide Series," which was composed by numerous writers from different states which provided information on histories, automobile routes, etc. on the then 48 states.
-Another would be the "Slave Narrative Collection" a set of interviews that culminated accounts of slavery, which provided detailed descriptions of slaves' lives.

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Federal Housing Admin provides both relief and recovery. The organization insure mortgage loans to the banks, setting standards for construction. By insuring mortgage loans, banks are more likely to give out mortgages to people who want to buy houses.

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1958

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1958

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“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is a national authority with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation. These include the construction and operation of airports, air traffic management, the certification of personnel and aircraft.” (Reform/Recovery)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - 1933

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - 1933

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Put unemployed young men to work. These men worked on projects like forest preservation, flood control, national parks, and wildlife preserves. They were paid around $30 a month, and by the end of the program (1942), over 3 million people passed through this program.

-Relief
-Does not exist today!

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It still exists!
Built a series of dams to prevent floods and deforestation along the Tennessee River for cheap electricity in a seven-state region where families and businesses lived and worked.  This put the government in the business of selling electricity above businesses.