History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1521 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Civil Works Administration
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The idea
The Civil Works Administration, established in November nineteen thirty-three under Harry Hopkins, put two million six hundred thousand men to work in its first month.
In practice
Four million men within two months, building roads, schools and playgrounds, Digital History records.
Where people slip
Roosevelt ended it in March nineteen thirty-four, unwilling, Digital History says, to run a deficit.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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