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Works Progress Administration

Works Progress Administration. Projects in boise. 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.

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Works Progress Administration

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  1. Works Progress Administration Projects in boise

  2. Boise Courthouse Finished

  3. Construction of Courthouse

  4. Courthouse Construction

  5. Courthouse Murals

  6. BSU

  7. Construction Boise State

  8. Boise State Administration Building

  9. Capitol Street Bridge Murals

  10. Log Cabin Literary Center 2008

  11. Log Cabin Literary Center-Interior

  12. Constructing Boise High Gym

  13. Laying the Cornerstone Boise High Gym

  14. Boise High Gym

  15. Critiquing the WPA/New Deal work programs • Put vast numbers of unemployed Americans to work • Increased consumption by paying wages • Drastically changed the American landscape • Contributed to American culture • Transformed government into American welfare state • Created large national debt • Supported liberal agendas and Democratic Party • Didn’t end the Great Depression!!!!!

  16. 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

  17. The Great DepressionPresentation Credits Doug StanWiens: doug.stanwiens@boiseschools.org ALL PICTURES PROVIDED BY: IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOISE ARCHITECTURE PROJECT DAN EVERHART OF PRESERVATION IDAHO NATIONAL ARCHIVES WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

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