1. PROJECTS IN BOISE Works Progress Administration

3. Boise Courthouse Finished

4. Construction of Courthouse

5. Courthouse Construction

7. Courthouse Murals

8. BSU

9. Construction Boise State

10. Boise State Administration Building

11. Capitol Street Bridge Murals

12. Log Cabin Literary Center 2008

13. Log Cabin Literary Center-Interior

14. Constructing Boise High Gym

15. Laying the Cornerstone Boise High Gym

16. Boise High Gym

17. Critiquing the WPA/New Deal and the west The New Deal fundamentally changed the western landscape Physically, environmentally, socially Prepared the west for supporting World War II Reinstated the federal govt as major power in the west

18. Critiquing the WPA/New Deal and the west CCC employed young men in western national and state parks and monuments AAA took land out of production, paid farmers subsidies and established federal farm aid Soil Conservation Service helped rebuild eroded and destroyed lands, plant trees to combat dust bowl Taylor Grazing Act opened government lands to private grazing Bureau of Reclamation built 19 dams WPA built roads, schools, public buildings, airports Rural Electrification Project brought electricity to places like Rupert, ID

19. Critiquing the WPA/New Deal work programs Put vast numbers of unemployed Americans to work Increased consumption by paying wages Drastically changed the American landscape Contributed to American culture Transformed government into American welfare state Created large national debt Supported liberal agendas and Democratic Party Didn’t end the Great Depression!!!!!

20. Leave that to World War II!! WPA supports the war after 1941 WPA soon disbanded during war production Economy bounces back quickly during the war

21. Doug StanWiens: doug.stanwiens@boiseschools.org ALL PICTURES PROVIDED BY: IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOISE ARCHITECTURE PROJECT DAN EVERHART OF PRESERVATION IDAHO NATIONAL ARCHIVES WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Great Depression Presentation Credits