In 1933, the United States launched a massive work program to fight unemployment
During the height of the Great Depression, the United States launched the Civilian Conservation Corps, an ambitious plan to heal the nation's landscape while putting millions of people back to work.
In March 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to combat the soul-crushing unemployment of the Great Depression. This 'Tree Army' employed young men to plant billions of trees, build state parks, and fight forest fires across the country.
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