THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL
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Question
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Many women worked in the CCC
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The CCC planted trees and repaired parks
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The CCC built bridges and wildlife parks
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The CCC was segregated for blacks and whites
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Franklin Roosevelt launched the CCC in 1933. His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was excited by the idea of employing youth in environmental conservation jobs, but she was discouraged by how the CCC only served men.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the public largely supported the New Deal programs and the CCC was a huge success, the women’s version barely topped 5, 000 women annually by 1936 and overall served 8, 500 as a result of ER’s support.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 mandated that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruit unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation’s forests, parks, and fields.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to get unemployed Americans working during the Great Depression, more than 3 million young men got jobs with the CCC to improve and conserve the nation’s public lands.