Wpa's Impact On American Citizens After The Great Depression

After the Great Depression, millions of people had no money in the bank and a lot were homeless. President Roosevelt saw this and he decided to make a change. He made a program called Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was a program that employed millions of people that were unemployed after the Great Depression. Millions of people were employed due to the WPA’s work systems which funded various projects. The WPA also funded money into the arts industry and helped artist make money off their paintings and sculptures. The WPA made a great impact on the citizens following the Great Depression. The WPA was a program created to help with the unemployment problem facing American citizens following the Great Depression. The WPA was created by Roosevelt on May 6, 1935, at a time when about five million Americans were unemployed (Richey 48). Roosevelt believed the economy could be fixed by starting with the working people at the bottom of the economy. The WPA would provide jobs to those who were unemployed. In return, they would be able to purchase more which would stimulate the economy (Encyclopedia Britannica). The WPA provided jobs to unemployed people during the Great Depression and created
“The posters, murals, monuments, parks and amphitheaters created by WPA artists are the New Deal’s most visible legacy”. This helped a lot of artist make a living off of their art, and spread art all around America. If the WPA didn’t do this, art would have been extremely scarce due to the lack of money that artist would have been making. “Also a part of WPA's diversified activities was the Federal Art Project, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Theatre Project”. The WPA had an activity group called Federal Art Project, which was a branch of the work force that only focused on funding artist. This helped a lot of artist make money off of their sculptures and