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Works Progress AdministrationThe Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 with the signing of Executive Order 7034. It was the largest and most comprehensive New Deal agency. Headed by Harry L. Hopkins, it was a "make work" program that provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression. WPA projects primarily employed blue-collar workers in construction projects across the nation, but also employed white-collar workers and artists on smaller-scale projects. With unemployment figures falling fast due to World War II-related employment, Franklin D. Roosevelt shut down the WPA on December 4, 1943. Famous WPA projects include Camp David, Golden Gate Bridge, Federal One and the Mathematical Tables Project. Some who experienced work in the WPA have been known to refer to it in jest as "We Poke Along." This is a reference to WPA projects that sometimes slowed to a crawl, because workers often didn't know when the next job was coming. External links
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