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Krystel Blunt
Mrs.
Exner, Period 6
29 March 2009
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Recovery Administration
Money and a steady job are things every person yearns to obtain.
People often disregard
the value of...
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Krystel Blunt
Mrs.
Exner, Period 6
29 March 2009
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Recovery Administration
Money and a steady job are things every person yearns to obtain.
People often disregard
the value of money, especially the youth of the more modern generations, however many have
learned to adapt when the economy suffers.
In the 1930 s, The United States of America plunged
into what was largest economy crisis to this day.
President Eleanor Roosevelt created the Civilian
Conservation Corps and the National Recovery Administration to help bring America back out of
the crisis, and, by doing so, he created a system of recovery that will be analyzed for years to
come.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA)
helped employ those who had lost their jobs and others who had financial problems.
The NRA
was established to create a code of conduct, dealing with work related issues such as wages and
work conditions, which businesses had to abide to (Source 1).
The code of conduct tried to make
fair rules which satisfied both the laborers and the business owners as much as possible.
Many
company guidelines were decided amongst the companies, such as how much to pay the workers
and how much to sell their merchandise for.
The NRA worked side by side with the CCC to fight
against unemployment.
“The CCC provided 2.
5 million young men with jobs and self-respect.
.
.
by
mid-June, 1,300 camps had been set up.
.
.
300,000 men were at work” (Source 1).
These gentlemen
were given food, a nice place to stay, and a job so they were able to support their families.
Their
work consisted of “improving national parks, campgrounds, and beaches; small dams, watersheds
and other flood control projects; new bridges and fire towers” (Source 1).
Thus, reviving the cities
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