Public Works Administration (PWA)
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The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by funding large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Works Administration | 8 |
| New Deal public works programs | 2 |
| New Deal public power programs | 1 |
| New Deal public works projects | 1 |
| Public Works Administration (PWA) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T48225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Public Works Administration (PWA) Context triple: [Public Works Administration, alsoKnownAs, Public Works Administration (PWA)]
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Civil Works Administration
The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.
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B.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
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C.
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
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E.
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of ambitious economic and social programs in the United States during the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in response to the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Public Works Administration (PWA) Target entity description: The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by funding large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
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A.
Civil Works Administration
The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived U.S. federal jobs program of the New Deal that provided millions of unemployed workers with temporary manual labor on public works projects during the Great Depression.
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B.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
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C.
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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D.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
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E.
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of ambitious economic and social programs in the United States during the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in response to the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal agency
ⓘ
United States federal government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PWA ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| createdByAct | National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ |
| dateOfAct | 1933 ⓘ |
| director | Harold L. Ickes ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1944 ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Civilian Conservation Corps
ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| economicPolicyType |
Keynesian economics
ⓘ
surface form:
Keynesian fiscal stimulus
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| employerOf | construction workers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic recovery policy
ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ public construction ⓘ |
| financingMethod | federal government spending ⓘ |
| focus | large-scale, long-term infrastructure projects ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| funded |
airports
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bridges ⓘ dams ⓘ highways ⓘ hospitals ⓘ public buildings ⓘ schools ⓘ sewage systems ⓘ waterworks ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
New Deal
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surface form:
New Deal era
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| inception | 1933 ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Harold L. Ickes ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
create employment through construction projects
ⓘ
finance large-scale public works projects ⓘ stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression ⓘ |
| namedAfter | public works ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Grand Coulee Dam
ⓘ
Hoover Dam ⓘ LaGuardia Airport ⓘ Lincoln Tunnel ⓘ Triborough Bridge ⓘ |
| officeHeldByKeyPerson | United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of the Interior ⓘ |
| partOf | New Deal ⓘ |
| programType | public works program ⓘ |
| replacedBy | various successor public works and defense agencies ⓘ |
| scaleOfProjects | major capital-intensive construction ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
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Subject: Public Works Administration (PWA) Description of subject: The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by funding large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
Referenced by (13)
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