Describe the CWA (Civil Works Administration) as an example of FDR's "try anything aporach

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Describe the CWA (Civil Works Administration) as an example of FDR's "try anything aporach

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The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.