WPA was a lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans

WPA was a lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many projects during a History Café program on Wednesday. The WPA was a New Deal agency created in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt to provide jobs to millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression. Its main goal was to employ as many people …