This program aimed to employ people that would build or repair public buildings, including schools, post offices, and government offices. This program was very successful in achieving its goals. WPA workers eventually built/repaired six hundred and fifty thousand miles of roads, seventy-five thousand bridges, and eight hundred airports. Artists and writers were also hired by the WPA to paint murals in post offices and government buildings and write stories, state guides, and histories. Therefore, the Works Progress Administration not only provided jobs for many people during the Great Depression, but built up the buildings of
This program aimed to employ people that would build or repair public buildings, including schools, post offices, and government offices. This program was very successful in achieving its goals. WPA workers eventually built/repaired six hundred and fifty thousand miles of roads, seventy-five thousand bridges, and eight hundred airports. Artists and writers were also hired by the WPA to paint murals in post offices and government buildings and write stories, state guides, and histories. Therefore, the Works Progress Administration not only provided jobs for many people during the Great Depression, but built up the buildings of