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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_agency
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gptkbp:activity
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built bridges
built parks
built public buildings
built roads
built schools
supported actors
supported artists
supported musicians
supported writers
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gptkbp:administeredBy
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gptkb:Harry_Hopkins
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gptkbp:budget
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about $13.4 billion (1935-1943)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:createdBy
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gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1943
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gptkbp:employs
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over 8 million people
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gptkbp:established
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1935
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gptkbp:formerName
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gptkb:Work_Projects_Administration
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:government
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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WPA
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gptkbp:impact
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improved U.S. infrastructure
reduced unemployment during Great Depression
supported American arts and culture
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gptkbp:logo
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gptkb:WPA_blue_eagle_logo
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gptkbp:notableAlumni
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gptkb:Arthur_Miller
gptkb:John_Cheever
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Saul_Bellow
gptkb:Studs_Terkel
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Orson_Welles
gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkb:Jackson_Pollock
gptkb:Mark_Rothko
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gptkbp:notableProject
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gptkb:Federal_Art_Project
gptkb:Federal_Music_Project
gptkb:Federal_Theatre_Project
gptkb:Federal_Writers'_Project
gptkb:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey
gptkb:WPA_Guidebooks
gptkb:WPA_murals
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Federal_Emergency_Relief_Administration
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:New_Deal
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gptkbp:purpose
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provide public works jobs
reduce unemployment
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:War_Manpower_Commission
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gptkbp:targetAudience
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unemployed Americans
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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