PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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increased the value of land in rural areas.
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gave young men jobs and helped to stop erosion.
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brought many people from the city into the country.
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offered many young African Americans profitable jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: B) gave young men jobs and helped to stop erosion. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. It operated from 1933 to 1942.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. The CCC or C’s as it was sometimes known, allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve America’s public lands, forests, and parks.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created emergency relief agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to address the severe economic problems of the early 1930s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Finally, the CCC had a lasting effect on its enrollees. Life in the camps brought tangible benefits to the health, educational level, and employment expectancies of almost three million young Americans, and it also gave immediate financial aid to their families.
Detailed explanation-5: -A New Deal for Conservation On April 5, 1933, one month after FDR became President, he signed Executive Order 6101 (Emergency Conservation Work Act) creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).