USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address? High unemployment.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.