The Civilian Conservation Corps Is Established in the United States
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: 1933
Article abstract: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to put millions of unemployed people to work in beautification, forestry, and other natural resource projects.
Summary of Event
On March 29, 1933, the Seventy-third Congress authorized Public Act No. 5, which was known as the Reforestation and Relief Bill. This act gave the president the authority to establish a chain of forest camps in which unemployed young men could be put to work protecting and improving millions of acres of forest land. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed...
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