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Civilian Conservation Corps

By: Erin Morris, Lauren Murphy, and Becky Gohsler. Civilian Conservation Corps. Public works program Increase employment Improve society Run by U.S. Army. What is it?. The president hails the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
July 8, 1933

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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  1. By: Erin Morris, Lauren Murphy, and Becky Gohsler Civilian Conservation Corps

  2. Public works program Increase employment Improve society Run by U.S. Army What is it?

  3. The president hails the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
July 8, 1933 “I welcome the opportunity to extend, through the medium of the columns of Happy Days, a greeting to the men who constitute the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is my belief that what is being accomplished will conserve our natural resources, create future national wealth and prove of moral and spiritual value not only to those of you who are taking part, but to the rest of the country as well. I want to congratulate you on the opportunity you have and to express to you my appreciation for the hearty cooperation which you have given this movement which is so vital a step in the Nation's fight against the depression and to wish you all a pleasant, wholesome and constructively helpful stay in the woods.” FDR congratulates CCC

  4. Increase employment Rebuild society Create opportunity Goal

  5. Unemployed 18-25 year old men The Target

  6. Government involvement Employment Increase in Federal Spending The Role of Government

  7. Successful • 3 million men employed, reforestation, 200 trees, roads built • Constitutional Effectiveness

  8. Works cited Brody, David. "Brief History." Brief History. Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy, 2004. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_brief_history.htm>. "FDR Creates Civilian Conservation Corps." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2012. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-creates-civilian-conservation-corps>. National Park Service. "Civilian Conservation Corps." National Park Service. N.p., 24 Oct. 2012. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/civilian-conservation-corps.htm>. "Primary Resources: Greetings to the Civilian Conservation Corps." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-ccc/>. "The New Deal." Roosevelt Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/policy-and-ideasroosevelt-historyfdr/new-deal>.

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