The Works Progress Administration is an agency of the reborn United States of America's government. Originally conceived as part of the New Deal legislation of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the WPA was revived in the 21st century to aid the reborn USA in restoring its infrastructure and providing steady employment to Americans.
Great Depression[]
The original Works Progress Administration was founded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935 as part of his second wave of New Deal legislation. The WPA at its height employed several million American men. One of its most high-profile achievements was the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The WPA also employed thousands of Americans as artists, historians, and other cultural jobs to provide work and document American culture during the 1930's.
The WPA also included a Library Services Program, establishing or saving many libraries across US communities that had been devastated by the Depression and would otherwise have faced the closure of library facilities.
The WPA was shuttered by FDR in December of 1942, as millions of American men could now find work--and were needed--for the war effort against the Axis Powers.
The New Statue of Liberty, constructed in Newport, Oregon, was one of the most famous projects of the rebooted WPA.
21st century revival[]
As the reborn United States of America began entering a new boom period starting in the 2010's, Congressional leaders recognized that the nation's re-expansion (both geographically and economically) would require readily-available jobs and rapid reconstruction of American infrastructure to facilitate the movement of people and resources. A successful nation-building effort at home would sweeten the pot in any future reunification deals with American survivor communities, enticing them back into the fold of the USA with a growing economy and security; a new WPA could be the backbone of that growth.
The WPA Revival Bill passed the House of Representatives in June of 2011 and passed in the Senate soon afterwards, before being signed into law by President Wayne Allard.
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