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To combat the staggering unemployment of the Great Depression and preserve the nation’s natural resources, Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on March 31, 1933. CCC jobs were manual labor and included shelter at camps, food, clothing and $30 per month which mostly had to be sent home to corps members’ families. The CCC built national parks, federal highways, flood control infrastructure and more. Before its demise in 1942, when the U.S.’ involvement in World War II meant the need for soldiers and wartime labor grew, the CCC employed more than 3 million young men on conservation projects in every state. The CCC was one of the most popular programs of the New Deal.
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