History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1522 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Public Works Administration
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The idea
The Public Works Administration under Harold Ickes funded large projects that, from nineteen thirty-three to nineteen thirty-nine, built over a third of new hospitals and seventy percent of new public schools.
In practice
The Grand Coulee Dam, a PWA project in Digital History's list.
Where people slip
The anchor gives three point three billion dollars set aside; Digital History gives six billion spent over six years.
Your place on the trail
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