What Did the Wpa Do?

Works Progress Administration. ... The WPA employed skilled and unskilled workers in a great variety of work projects—many of which were public works projects such as creating parks, and building roads, bridges, schools, and other public structures.

How much were WPA workers paid?

For an average salary of $41.57 a month, WPA employees built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports.

What was the WPA and what was its effect on the arts?

The WPA Federal Art Project established more than 100 community art centers throughout the country, researched and documented American design, commissioned a significant body of public art without restriction to content or subject matter, and sustained some 10,000 artists and craft workers during the Great Depression.