The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), an agency established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal, created jobs f
or people who were unemployed. What kind of work did people do as part of the CCC? A.
maintained state and national forests
B.
constructed roads and bridges
C.
photographed migrants and the homeless
D.
built libraries and hospitals
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. Considered by many to be one of the most successful of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the CCC planted more than three billion trees and constructed trails and shelters in more than 800 parks nationwide during its nine years of existence. The CCC helped to shape the modern national and state park systems we enjoy today. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, with an executive order on April 5, 1933. The CCC was part of his New Deal legislation, combating high unemployment during the Great Depression by putting hundreds of thousands of young men to work on environmental conservation projects.
The CCC combined FDR’s interests in conservation and universal service for youth. As governor of New York, he had run a similar program on a smaller scale.
The United States Army helped to solve an early logistical problem – transportation. Most of the unemployed men were in Eastern cities while much of the conservation work was in the West.
The New Deal put a lot of effort into economic reform, which included the creation of new jobs. The Civilian Conservation Corp was created to provide the unemployed with various conservation jobs. This included prevention of soil erosion, impounding of lakes, constructing roads, and working in city parks. In North Carolina, the CCC helped build many projects, including the Blue Ridge Parkway. This road stretches from the Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
