Civilian Conservation Corps Created as First Federal Youth Employment Program
President Roosevelt signs the Emergency Conservation Work Act on March 31, 1933, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a public work relief program providing employment to young men aged 18-25 from unemployed families. The CCC becomes one of the most popular New Deal programs, eventually …
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Congress
Robert Fechner
U.S. Army
Department of Labor
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