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Great Depression Economics and Economic Development. Government agencies. Politics and government. Public service. However, saw more cutbacks. Reacting to charges of politicking by WPA employees during the congressional races, the Hatch Act of August prevented federal workers from participating in a broad array of political activities. With wartime prosperity rising in the s, the WPA became more difficult to justify, and on June 30, the agency was terminated by presidential proclamation.
About Quizzes. A typical project began at the local level, with city and county governments assessing their needs and unemployment numbers.
Proposals were then sent to a WPA state office for vetting before being forwarded to headquarters in Washington, D. Projects could be rejected anywhere along this three-step process, and were not imposed on local communities by the Federal government.
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