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PROJECTS IN BOISE Works Progress Administration

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

Log Cabin Literary Center-Interior

Constructing Boise High Gym

Laying the Cornerstone Boise High Gym

Boise High Gym

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!!!!!

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

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