CCC

(noun)

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 17–23. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments.

Related Terms

Examples of CCC in the following topics:

  • Agricultural Initiatives and Recovery

    • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC, 1933): A public works program that provided jobs for young, unmarried, unemployed men.
    • Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Planting Crew, author unknown, 1939.
    • Original caption: "CCC planting crew planting 2-0 red pine in furrows using Michigan planting bars."

  • Relief Measures

    • The most popular of all New Deal agencies – and Roosevelt's favorite – was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which hired 250,000 unemployed young men to work on rural local projects.

  • Relief and Conservation Programs

    • There were numerous rural welfare projects sponsored by the WPA, NYA, Forest Service, and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), including school lunch programs, construction of new schools, construction of roads in remote areas, reforestation, and purchase of marginal lands to enlarge national forests.

  • Relief for the Unemployed

    • Other rural welfare projects sponsored by the WPA, NYA, Forest Service and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) included school lunches, building new schools, opening roads in remote areas, reforestation, and the purchase of marginal lands to enlarge national forests.

  • The Bonus Army

    • Those who chose not to work for the CCC by the May 22 deadline were given transportation home.