<Ul> <Li> Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 </Li> </Ul> <Li> Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 </Li> <P> The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads . In a much smaller project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects . </P> <P> Almost every community in the United States had a new park, bridge or school constructed by the agency . The WPA's initial appropriation in 1935 was for $4.9 billion (about 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). </P>

What was the purpose of the works progress administration