CCC

Caitlin James, Carris Lahey

&Kelly Mui

WHAT? Civilian Conservation Corps Established 1933-1942 During FDR’s first term

Part of New Deal Work relief program Alphabet Agency Targeted unemployed young men

Ages 18 to 26

GOAL Alleviate unemployment Conservation of natural resources

Prevention of soil erosionFlood control

Decrease crime rate

HOW War department Agriculture & Interior department Department of Labor

REQUIREMENTS U.S. citizenship Good health Unemployed Unmarried War veterans allowed 6 month enlistment term

CAMP LIFE Military like Sports Improved nutrition

GOVERNMENT ROLE Increased Federal Spending More involvement Safer communities Educational programs Segregation/discrimination

PRIMARY SOURCEFDR to Robert Fechner, 27 September 1935

Classification: African AmericansPublication: Date: September 27, 1935Author: Roosevelt, Franklin D.Type: Letter

Fechner—In the CCC Camps, where the boys are colored, in the Park Service work, please try to put in colored foremen, not of course in technical work but in the ordinary manual work.

FDR

EFFECTIVENESS 55% decrease in crime $25 sent home Flood & Fire Control Reforestation Natural Resource conservation

FUN FACTS CCC camps in all states Peak enrollment in 1935 3 billion trees planted 800 State Parks ECW Roosevelt’s Tree Army