Civil Works Administration facts for kids

Civil Works Administration workers cleaning and painting the gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol (1934)

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was a program that created jobs. It did not last long. It was created by the New Deal during the Great Depression. The jobs were manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. The jobs were temporary, meaning the workers didn't work for a very long time. This lasted during winter of 1933–34. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told everyone about the CWA on November 8, 1933, and put Harry L. Hopkins in charge of it.

The CWA was a project created from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). The CWA created construction jobs, mainly making new buildings and bridges (or making them better). It ended on March 31, 1934. $200 million per month was spent. It gave jobs to four million people.

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Rock jail in Camp Verde, Arizona (1933)
CWA marker at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin (1934)
Marker for Grant Park in Phoenix (1934)
CWA project in Minnesota to straighten a road by removing a solid rock obstruction (1934)
Building the high school athletic field in Huntsville, Alabama (1934)
Grandview Park Music Pavilion, Sioux City, Iowa (1934)
Scenic boulevard built by 6,000 workers in San Francisco, California (1934)
El Monte Golf Course Clubhouse in Ogden, Utah (1935)
Hangar at the municipal airport in Montgomery, Alabama (1934)
Rocky Neck State Park Trail Bridge in East Lyme, Connecticut (1934)
Community building in Stockton, Missouri (1934)
Grey Eagle Village Hall in Grey Eagle, Minnesota (1934)
Leonidas Stone School (Leonidas, Michigan).

Civil Works Administration facts for kids

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