...Is the Civilian Conservation Corp a Viable Solution in the United States Today? The Civilian Conservation Corp, or CCC, would be a viable addition to the United States National Park Service in the present time. The CCC program implementation would enable the U.S. population an area of employment or volunteerism for the betterment of the country’s national parks. Present technology in the United States could also be used to go beyond what was the original intention of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the inception of the original Civilian Conservation Corp. A modernized implementation of the original Civilian Conservation Corp would not only offer employment for the young people of the country but would also instill in the younger generation a sense of what the country has to offer in its natural resources and physical attributes. Many young people in the United States could do a tour or assignment prior to enrolling in a higher form of education after graduating from high school. This program could in fact be an almost stepping stone to further the younger generation of living on their own and helping to foster and create a type of career awareness that many of them lack. The original Civilian Conservation Corp was offered to young unmarried men between the ages of 18-25 years. The CCC provided unskilled labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in lands owned by federal, state, and local governments. The CCC provided...
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...who they (the people) are being employed by. Nor does it say if they are minimum wage, high paying jobs, etc. And finally, young men are not the ones with families to support. Although it’s understandable as to why they would give the jobs to young men for this line of work, considering they are less likely to get injured it would have made more sense to give men with families/or others who depend of them as a source of income an opportunity to find employment. The text goes onto say, “This is a big task because it means feeding, clothing and caring for nearly twice as many men as we have in the regular army itself. In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources, and we are relieving an appreciable amount of actual distress.” Civilian Conservation Corps were public work...
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...The Civilian Conservation Corps or the CCC part of the New Deal Programs created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs and help relieve the unemployment caused by the Stock Market Crash. The CCC was under the military’s control. By September 1935 over 500,000 young men had lived in CCC camps, a good majority of them lived there for about 6 months to a year. Nicknamed “Roosevelt’s Tree Army”, the CCC planted forests, built tails, dug irrigation ditches, and fought forest fires. As time progressed they began to hire other minority groups in America. Even though most CCC were segregated. Franklin Delano Roosevelt called it his favorite New Deal program. This program was made to help fight the issue of a high unemployment rate and protect...
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...ABSTRACT The Great Depression was a low time in the economic history of the United States. During this time, the economy, in the United States, hurt the general welfare of citizens. The result of the Great Depression was the New Deal. This New Deal shaped an essential and deep-seated change in the role and composition of the federal government in the United States. This caused the federal government to take a much larger role in supporting general welfare programs, but the states would retain some control in the management of these programs. The federal and shared states’ parts of the general welfare system were distinguished by unfriendly rules. The focus of this paper is to show how the economic climate of the times and the federal response shifted the way Americans perceived the government. This paper closes with the results of the New Deal and how it shaped the future economic aspects of America. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………4 II. PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO COMBAT UNEMPLOYMENT……….4 III. PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BOOST THE HOUSING MARKET…..7 IV. PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE TH GENERAL WELFARE………………………………………………………………8 V. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………….9 VI. REFERENCES…………………………………………………………..10 ...
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...In the 1930s the stock market crashed, this caused The Great Depression. People lost jobs, homes, and money. Banks closed, and 1 in 4 people were jobless. . Franklin D. Roosevelt then thought of The New Deal to help people during the Great Depression. And this deal was successful because of Farmers and the unemployed. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal protected farmers. The Agricultural Act, Lural Electrification Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Soil Conservation Services were made for farmers economic disparity. The Agricultural Act paid farmers to destroy surplus and not plant crops on a section of their land. The Lural Electrification Administration gave money to extend electricity to farms, and 25% of farms got electricity....
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...Worksheet 4 (50 points) Worksheet is due Friday, May 2 The worksheet has three parts. Part 1 (12 points) Match up the descriptions in the left column with the names of people in the right column. Every item in the Description column should be used; each name will have at least one match and some will have more than one. (Show your choice by simply typing in the letter symbol on the line after the name.) A. Minnesotan senator responsible for writing Isadore Blumenfeld _____ prohibition law B. Minnesotan leader of women’s suffrage John J. O’Connor _____ movement C. Minnesotan civil rights leader Clara Ueland _____ D. Architect of the WPA in St. Paul Floyd B. Olson _____ E. Founder of the Nonpartisan League Gordon Parks _____ F. “Al Capone of St. Paul” Roy Wilkins _____ G. Minnesotan in Baseball Hall of Fame Clarence Wigington _____ H. Gave speech in favor of civil rights over Andrew Volstead _____ states’ rights I. Suspect in the murder of Walter Liggett Arthur Charles Townley _____ J. Photographer of the WPA (FSA) Leon Gleckman _____ K. Made a “gentleman’s” agreement with Charles Bender _____ gangsters L. Farmer-Laborite governor of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey _____ Part 2 (10 points) In your own words, briefly (in two or three sentences) identify each...
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...The Effects of the New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn into office on March 4, 1933. Within the first one hundred days in office FDR did more than any other president before and since nobody has managed this feat. The country was in the middle of the Great Depression and FDR created New Deal programs using Keynesian economics. Roosevelt created jobs through the Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC) and the Civil Works Administration (CWA). Roosevelt stopped the run on banks by regulating the banking system and appeasing the public through his fireside chats. FDR and Congress enacted many bills that helped people during the Great Depression and some are still in effect today. There is three basic categories of the New Deal: relief, recovery,...
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...The WPA helped Americans during the Depression find jobs for 3.6 million within the first year. The WPA was created because people could afford to pay bills and feed their families businesses were forced to shut down and they needed to feed the economy. Finding Jobs When people would move to find work they lived in temporary houses in WPA and CCC camps. CCC stands for Civilian Conservation Corps which is similar to the WPA they provided jobs for projects being done to help America recover. The unemployment rate during the depression increased and was at twenty-five percent. Many American farmers were forced to move west and find work due to crop failure. Many factory workers in America were forced to move north in search of jobs. Over the time period of the Works Progress Administration being around they provided roughly 8.5 million people jobs. Restoring America The WPA constructed over roughly 1.5 million projects to restore America. The WPA took on projects such as visual arts including theater and plays. The funding for this organization also went more to wages than to the funding of the projects. There...
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...beliefs. Little did they know by encouraging the youth to do more, it would create “The New Left” in the 60s. With the support of various parties, Eleanor encouraged the creation of the ‘National Youth Administration’. This program encouraged the youth to attend high school by handing out grants in exchange of them working. Therefore, it gave them the option to continue schooling, while making money (Columbian), which allowed for those who had previously rejected the idea of school because they needed work, to be more open to it. However, Franklin D. Roosevelt also established a program aimed towards unemployed young men, called the ‘CCC’, the Civilian Conservation Corps. This program gave these young men the more ‘undesirable’ jobs, which were things such as planting fauna, building reservoirs, and creating more parks (Brinkley). While the ‘CCC’ was successful, it did not allow for men to obtain an education while working, therefore Eleanor’s program was more useful in that aspect. By 1940 it was a social expectation that adolescents attend high school (Hine), and it did not matter which social class you were in. Youth were all now categorized, and their name was the “Teenager”. ...
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...William Evans HIS 202 Instructor Griffin December 4, 2013 Five Most Important Historical Events from Reconstruction to the Present History 202 at York Technical College covers historical events in America from Reconstruction to the present time. During this span of time, there were many wars and conflicts, as well as political, economic, and social changes that impacted the United States. While all events in history have some impact, not all are equally as important. I feel the five most important topics discussed in this class were the Industrial Revolution, the assembly line, the New Deal, the atomic bomb, and the Civil Rights Act. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most important events in United States history. The Industrial Revolution changed the way of life for Americans as many moved from an agrarian society in rural towns to an urban society in big cities where factories were located. Industrialization led to improvements in transportation and the railroad system which allowed factories to more efficiently transport raw materials. Additionally, the expansion of the railroad system led to the expansion of the United States bringing more remote parts of the country into the national market (“Rise”). The factory system led to increased production and created more jobs, but the working conditions were less than desirable with low wages, long hours, and unsafe conditions. These conditions led to the rise of labor unions and strikes demanding better pay and safer...
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...I don’t have a paper yet he Blackwater fire was caused by a lightning strike on August 18, 1937, in Shoshone National Forest, about 35 miles (56 km) west of Cody, Wyoming, United States. Fifteen firefighters were killed by the forest fire when a dry weather front caused the winds to suddenly increase and change direction. The fire quickly spread into dense forest, trapping some of the firefighters in a firestorm. Nine died during the fire and six died afterwards from severe burns and respiratory complications; 38 others were injured. More U.S. wildland firefighters died in the Blackwater fire than in any incident since the Great Fire of 1910; the death-toll was not surpassed until 2013 when 19 firefighters died in the Yarnell Hill Fire. Firefighters in the first half of the 20th century used mostly hand tools to suppress wildfires, and all gear was carried by the firefighters or by pack animals. Weather forecasting and radio communication were generally poor or nonexistent. After the Blackwater fire, better ways to respond to such fires were developed, including the smokejumper program in 1939 and the Ten Standard Firefighting Orders (a standardized set of wildland firefighting principles) in 1957. n 1937, firefighters did not have portable radios for rapid on-scene communication or helicopters to bring supplies and provide water drops.[8][9][a] Firefighters had some access to gas-powered portable water pumps (two were set up on the Blackwater fire), but most used backpack pumps...
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...much needed during the apparent economic downturn and it was modeled after the actions taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression. One of the primary problems Franklin Roosevelt had to face was a high unemployment rate. Citizens were loosing their jobs because businesses were losing money. Roosevelt realized that the jobs were key, so he made a plan to try and create jobs for the citizens that needed them. One of the plans being put into action was the Works Progress Administration. This gave people government jobs for rebuilding America. Roosevelt also created the Rural Electrification Administration, which gave power to the majority of American farms that still had no electricity, as well as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Soil Conservation Service helped to revive America’s forests and farmland and put more people to work on temporary projects. The current presidency was focused on repairing jobs as well, among other issues, such as health care and other social issues. There is also the withdrawal of funds from federal banks, a problem faced by both Roosevelt and Obama. A depression doesn’t always mean that there is a lack of money, but rather the money is out of circulation. As people lose jobs and stop spending their money, banks get nervous and stop giving out loans. During the depression people needed to have their faith restored in their banks so in response to this problem, Franklin Roosevelt...
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...fragment of the New Deal’s measure was achieved. The goal of The Hundred Days was to benefit our economy as efficiently as possible. Roosevelt cared so much about our nation, and its confidence, that he would give weekly "fireside chats" on the radio in a reassuring tone to tell the people what was going on. During The Hundred Days, Roosevelt originated the idea of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933. Both helped put business prompters and farmers back on their feet. Although, the nation's economy did not regain its 1929 level until the United States entered World War II (Polenberg 119). The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was also founded during The Hundred Days, in 1933. The CCC put young men from needy families to work at useful conservation projects, such as planting trees and building dams (Shannon 201). The Hundred Days had quite an impact on the nation's economy as well as the New Deal's secondary...
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...The Great Depression happened when the economy failed. The stock market crashed, banks were closing, and there was a reduction in purchasing, Smoot-Hawley tariff, and the drought in the Mississippi valley. These effects made many Americans lower their standard of living. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was a big reason the Great Depression happened. The crash didn’t happen in a single day, it took a few days of constant plummet. On Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, about 13 million shares were trade setting a record. On that day, the prices dropped so rapidly, the ticker could not keep up. The next day, several large bankers met to try to solve the situation. They tried to buy steel above market price, but it only had short effects. Many investors lost faith and started selling their shares. The next few days 16 millions of stocks were trade and on the famous Black Tuesday, the market lost 14 billion dollars. Years leading up the crash showed that the Stock Market was a popular way to become rich in a safe investment. Many people were purchasing stock on margin which wasn’t smart because when the stock lost value, you had to pay back the borrowed money. This lead the stock prices to rise really high. So when investors realized that, they started selling their stock making the prices drop. The Stock Market crash was not the only factor in the Great Depression. Banks were failing because they had lost a large amount of money. This money came from savings accounts which was bad...
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...paychecks and] reduce production.” (Text 3) When workers are laid off, they no longer support their economy, which causes a recession. In the case of the Great Depression, nearly 11 million people became unemployed it made the economy very weak, which ensured that the country suffered even more. Franklin D Roosevelt responded to this with the Civilian conservation corps (CCC). The CCC was the most important act protecting workers during the Great Depression, even though it was only used from 1933-1947, variations of it can be seen in modern America. As a means of putting food on the table those “unemployed resorted to petty theft”, but this did not stop the “rising cases of malnutrition [seen] during tthe Great Depression” (Text 2). Those unemployed during the Great Depression knew only how to get money from working, so when they became unemployed they got money in more untraditional ways. One of these ways was robbing stores for groceries because they could no longer afford necessities. Yet despite the constant theft, often there were not enough resources for everyone, so there were many cases of malnutrition during the 1930-40’s. The CCC was one of the few ways the government helped end the Great Depression. Even when not coupled with an economic breakdown a drought is extremely destructive, so when a drought occurred during the Great Depression it added to the strain on the already feeble nation. During the Great Depression, struggling farmers were hit with another obstacle...
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