Civilian Conservational Corps
Q. What did the CCC do in the New Deal?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), (1933–42), one of the earliest New Deal programs, established to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression by providing national conservation work primarily for young unmarried men.
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Q. How did the CCC impact the economy?
Finally, the CCC had a lasting effect on its enrollees. Life in the camps brought tangible benefits to the health, educational level, and employment expectancies of almost three million young Americans, and it also gave immediate financial aid to their families. Equally important were the intangibles of Corps life.
Q. What initial improvements were made by the CCC?
The CCC provided relief from unemployment, low wages, and poor working conditions. It planted over thirteen million trees in Florida along and created many of the state parks that are still here today. The CCC help provide three million jobs to people in the country, including Florida.
Q. Why did the government stop the CWA?
New Deal legislation Alarmed by rising costs, Roosevelt dismantled the CWA in 1934, but the persistence of high unemployment led him to make another about-face.
Q. What was the purpose of the CWA quizlet?
Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters by preventing point and non point pollution sources, providing assistance to publicly owned treatment works for the improvement of waste water treatment, and maintaining the integrity of wetlands.
Q. What does the CWA do?
§1251 et seq. (1972) The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.
Q. Who does the CWA represent?
Today CWA represents workers in all areas of communications, customer contact, high technology, and manufacturing professions in both the private and public sectors, including health care, public service, education, customer service, airlines, and many other fields.
Q. What is the purpose of RA 9275?
The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275) aims to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities).
