Civil Works Administration (CWA) by JASMINE ENKHORN

What was the goal of the CWA ?

301761 — 2016-01-13 20:03:43 UTC

the goal of the Civil Works Administration was to provide a short term solution to get people more jobs. CWA workers also improved 255,000 miles of roads, 40,000 schools, and 250,000 outhouses which were mostly needed in rural areas.

What is the CWA ?

301761 — 2016-01-13 20:05:25 UTC

When many programs failed to make a dent in unemployment, President Roosevelt established the Civil Works Administration (CWA). The CWA provided immediate jobs during the winter of 1933-1934. The jobs under this administration were mostly short term and aimed at unskilled laborers. Men and women worked to improve roads, construct bridges, upgrade airports, and repair pipelines.

Do you think the program was successful ?

301761 — 2016-01-13 20:25:54 UTC

The Civil Works Administration was successful in helping people find jobs, employing 2.5 million in a months time, and completing over 180,000 projects such as sewer treatment, waterworks, and bridge projects which the Public Works Administration had failed to do. the CWA helped provide relief faster to the unemployed and make improvements in the area of infrastructure.

Do you believe this program was a responsible use of federal funding ?

301761 — 2016-01-14 03:16:00 UTC

I believe this program was a responsible use in federal funding considering that it provided 4 million jobs to the unemployed and that it invests in substantial infrastructure, such as dams and roadways.

Why might some people have been critical of the program you were assigned ?

301761 — 2016-01-14 03:44:17 UTC

Some critics say that the programs were "make-work" projects and a waste of money. Meaning that the jobs provided weren't necessarily important, or that they aren't really considered real "jobs". The CWA also became very expensive to run considering workers were being payed $1.00 a day which added up as employees joined. Because the CWA was getting too expensive to run and administrate, the federal government shut down the program.