the CCC
The CCC name - answerthe Civilian Conservation Corps; "Tree Army"
The CCC Slogan - answer"We Can Take It"
creation year - answer1933
members and their money - answerYoung men between 18-25 and bonus guys from WWI and were paid $30 a month and you sent $25 home
their projects - answerbuilt steps, worked in taverns they they built near hiking paths, dug swimming holes, PLANTED TREES, made fire roads, put up telephone wires, work at the Grand Canyon (put up stone walls to aid people to not fall off, carved hiking trails in the Grand Canyon), hurricane clean up in New England, waterfall of Mt Washington
Living situation - answerlived in CCC Camps; They lived in barracks, ate in mess halls, wore uniforms and were often under the command of local military officers, gives them social interactions and a job and puts them under military command
why only young men were in the CCC - answerkeeping them out of gangs, they are able
to do the physical labor, they work for less money which means available jobs will go to them (physically remove you from the job market in cities so that older men who had families would get those jobs)
Was integrated and men of all color were eligible to be in the CCC but civilization was not ready for that yet and didn't want white men eating and sleeping with people of color
CCC sites in New England - answerHarold Parker (campground), Wachusetts, Waterville, Cannon, Cranmore, Appalachian Trails
The money behind the CCC - answer-taxes on the rich increase
-the government goes into debt to make the program
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