What is Civil Works Administration?
[[File:Civil Works Administration (CWA) workmen cleaning and painting the gold dome of the Denver Capitol, 1934 - NARA - 541904.jpg|thumb|Civil Works Administration workers cleaning and painting the gold dome of the [[Colorado State Capitol]] (1934)]] The '''Civil Works Administration''' (CWA) was a program that created jobs. It did not last long. It was created by the [[New Deal]] during the [[Great Depression]]. The jobs were manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. The jobs were temporary, meaning the workers didn't work for a very long time. This lasted during winter of 1933–34. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] told everyone about the CWA on November 8, 1933, and put [[Harry L. Hopkins]] in charge of it. The CWA was a project created from the [[Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] (FERA). The CWA created construction jobs, mainly making new buildings and bridges (or making them better). It ended on March 31, 1934. $200 million per month was spent. It gave jobs to four million people. [[Category:New Deal]] [[Category:Great Depression]] [[Category:Franklin D. Roosevelt]] [[Category:20th century in the United States]] [[Category:1933 establishments in the United States]]