The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an American new deal agency created to combat the great depression during the time of Franklin D Roosevelt
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The WPA was formed on 6 May 1935. The WPA employed job seekers into public works projects like the construction of public buildings and roads.
Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA gave jobs to jobless during the Great Depression in the United States. It provided paid jobs to 3.3 million people at its peak in November 1938.
The WPA built about 1 million km of the street,10000 bridges, and many airports. Between 1935 to 1943 the agency employed nearly 8.5 million people. It was dissolved on 30 June 1943.
The indigenous Aborigines have recently received an apology from the "Australian" government, since years of colonization led to great human abuses against the native people.
