USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the New Deal programs worked to preserve natural resources and areas?
A
Civilian Conservation Corps
B
Works Progress Administration
C
Tennessee Valley Authority
D
Works Progress Authority
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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). This act addressed two pressing needs, unemployment and the repair of environmental damage, with one of the most successful New Deal programs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression.

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. One of several prongs in the New Deal’s attack on economic stagnation, President Franklin D.

Detailed explanation-4: -The CCC made valuable contributions to forest management, flood control, conservation projects, and the development of state and national parks, forests, and historic sites. In return, the men received the benefits of education and training, a small paycheck, and the dignity of honest work.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Public Works Administration (PWA) reduced unemployment by hiring the unemployed to build new public buildings, roads, bridges, and subways. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed hundreds of thousands of young men in reforestation and flood-control work.

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