works progress administration

PROJECTS IN BOISE

Works Progress Administration

Boise Courthouse Finished

Construction of Courthouse

Courthouse Construction

Courthouse Murals

BSU

Construction Boise State

Boise State Administration Building

Capitol Street Bridge Murals

Log Cabin Literary Center 2008

Log Cabin Literary Center-Interior

Constructing Boise High Gym

Laying the Cornerstone Boise High Gym

Boise High Gym

Critiquing the WPA/New Deal and the west

The New Deal fundamentally changed the western landscape

Physically, environmentally, sociallyPrepared the west for supporting World War IIReinstated the federal govt as major power in the

west

Critiquing the WPA/New Deal and the west

CCC employed young men in western national and state parks and monuments

AAA took land out of production, paid farmers subsidies and established federal farm aid

Soil Conservation Service helped rebuild eroded and destroyed lands, plant trees to combat dust bowl

Taylor Grazing Act opened government lands to private grazing

Bureau of Reclamation built 19 damsWPA built roads, schools, public buildings, airportsRural Electrification Project brought electricity to

places like Rupert, ID

Critiquing the WPA/New Deal work programs

Put vast numbers of unemployed Americans to work

Increased consumption by paying wagesDrastically changed the American landscapeContributed to American culture

Transformed government into American welfare state

Created large national debtSupported liberal agendas and Democratic

PartyDidn’t end the Great Depression!!!!!

Leave that to World War II!!

• WPA supports the war after 1941

• WPA soon disbanded during war production

• Economy bounces back quickly during the war

Doug StanWiens : doug.s tanwiens@boiseschoo ls .org

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