CCC

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

• April 5, 1933

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• CCC was a public work relief
• Program for unemployed unmarried
• Men from relief families

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• The CCC affected families that needed work
• It gave money to families who needed it
• Helped boys stay away from the "underground" life

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• One if the most successful programs
• Gave nearly 3 million men jobs
• About 125,000 roads built
• 46,854 bridges constructed
• Helped improve local economies

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• Ended in 1941
• More jobs in armaments industries in 1939
• Had lack of appliances, desertion, and many enrollee leaving for jobs
• War department took most of the CCC's equipment

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