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The Civilian Conservation Corps



The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), other known as "Roosevelt's Tree Army", helped renew the nation's deminishing forests by getting farmers and civilians to plant an estimated three billion trees from 1933 to 1942. This action was incredibly important in the regions affected by the Dust Bowl in which the newly planted trees were used to hold water in the soil and to keep the ground together. This program was especially important for those who were out of work like the men seen above. The only negative was that all the workers had to be male in top physical condition, unmarried, and between the ages of 18 - 26, leaving out many opportunities for married men and women to provide for their families. On the other hand, many positives came from this. A good example would be that many poltitians had estimated that due to the CCC, crime had reduced by 55% among younger men of those days. Also, the men were paid $30 a month, with a mandatory $25 check sent out to family members such as fathers, mothers, ect. Due to these payments, it helped the economy increase slightly due to the fact that people started buying more. Just by basically regrowing natural resources, the economy seen a boost, and also it helped people in the Dust Bowl regions by allowing the soil not to blow away easily to allowing people to actually receive money and to be able to provide.

//From the radio address of Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 17, 1933//
 * "It is time for each and every one of us to cast away self-destroying, nation-destroying efforts to get something for nothing, and to appreciate that satisfying reward and safe reward come only through honest work."**

A short slide show to show how the CCC was and how they changed the Great Depression.

A favorite past time of the men after a hard days of work would be to go to the local bar to drink and listen to music from various artists. The most famous song played from the men of the CCC was the Bowell Sisters - Shout Sister Shout. This was because in the lyrics, they sing about having hope, not giving up, and being thankful for what you do have. Also, it says about not thinking about the bad times, "The Devil", and having faith.

 The information on this page was obtained from the following: [] [] [] (song from Bowell Sisters) [] []