CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

ESTABLISH DATE

PURPOSE OF CCC

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942
• In the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25 as part of the New Deal.

WHO DID IT AFFECT

• Young men
• Families without work
• improved physical condition, heightened morale,
• and increased employability
• People had jobs and work to do for money

WAS IT SUCCESSFUL?

• One of most successful of new deal programs
• Beneficial for the unemployed
• Employed 2.9 million men

IS IT STILL AROUND?

• No it ended it 1942
• Did not give a fair share of work to blacks

WORKS CITED

• Civilian Conservation Corps." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 May 2014