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The civil works administration, also known as the CWA, was a program created during the Great Depression to give unemployed people temporary manual labor jobs.

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Is the civil works administration still around?

Yes it is!


Who did civil works administration help?

men and women


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What is the CWA?

CWA stands for the Civil Works Administration. It gave public works jobs at $15 a week to about 4 million workers in 1934.


What program replaced the Civil Works Administration?

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Which statement best describes the purpose of the Civil Works Administration?

to provide immediate employment in any type of government job


Hired workers directly including thousands of women to build or improve airports roads and playgrounds?

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Who hired workers directly including thousands of women to build or improve airports roads and playgrounds?

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