By Ethan


The civilian conservation corps is a program for young men to have jobs. It is designed to help out the unemployment in the United States. Franklin D Roosevelt was the president who came up with the idea. The CCC became one of the more popular new Deal programs. Although the CCC was never considered a permanent program; it can still be used for emergencies. In 1942 they stopped the CCC program because jobs have gotten better.
Before President Roosevelt was elected more than 25% of the population was unemployed, and hungry. CCC is known as the greatest conservation program in America. The CCC also helped redeveloped the forest it as part of the working program. Roosevelt was a president who came up with a good work program. CCC helped America get out of the depression.

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THE NEW DEAL

Author: Shawn J /



In 1943 newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt first new deal initiatives was the Establishment of the emergency conservation work act or the (ECW) better known as the (CCC) civilian conservation corps. This relief and conservation program was made to provide jobs for the unemployed young men and veterans to provide income to support their family’s. At the same time this program also focused on improving the nations open spaces and recreational resources. Were it not for the CCC many of the natural and cultural resources in America probably would have been lost. Seventy five years later the work of the CCC still forms the cornerstone of the system that includes roads, trails, ponds, forest plantations and recreational facility’s built by the CCC. these can be found in every region of the united states.

The Massachusetts (CCC) branch was sometimes called “Roosevelt’s tree army”. They planted over 12,000,000 trees and improved existing forest stands by selective thinning and pruning. The men also cut trails and built bridges and dug up ponds. They also laid out picnic and camp grounds. From 1933-1942 was concerned with improvement and development with state park resources. During this period about 68 camps enrolled nearly 1000,000 men. The men that took a part in the CCC left a lasting legacy of forest improvements and recreational resources all around the state.

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NEW DEAL

Author: TylerC /

The civilian conservation corps or the CCC was something the government came up with for unemployed people. Most of the workers were younger men. Most of them were 18 to 20 years old. They had to take a test to see if they were wanted as a worker there. They had to work for at least 6 months. They would make $30 a month but $22 to $25 would be sent back to their family.


One of the jobs the CCC offered was planning trees. They did this so were wouldn’t be another dust bowl. The dust bowl was a time when the earths soil was so used up that it was just dust. Every time there was some wind it would make a storm of dust. The government way to fight this was to plant trees so the soil would redevelop itself and there would not be no more dust bowls.

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New Deal

Author: TylerP /


ABOUT THE PWA
The Public Works Administration (or PWA for short) was created in 1933 due to the Depression. Its purpose was to focus on employment. In order to do this they had to budgeted several billion dollars to be used on constructions of public work projects.
It would be killing two birds with one stone. People would be able to find jobs during and after the project. Those who were not qualified for the construction would later have a better chance of the new jobs made from the new building. Unfortunately, even after raising $6 billion, the plan was unsuccessful in returning the industry level to that of the pre-depression. It also did not reduce the number of unemployment or even jump start a world wide chain of small businesses.

THE INSIDE SCOOP
The PWA was formed due to the National Industry Recovery act on June 16, 1933. It was headed by Harold L. Ikes. His plans on the project were worded to be ‘spending BIG bucks on BIG projects’. Unfortunately, the President’s, who was FRD at the time, had opposed to deficit spending, the PWA only made it half of its possible success. About eight years later, Roosevelt moved towards war production, chose to abandon his detestation of deficit spending. However, on 1941, the PWA was seen as irrelevant and was there for abolished in June of that year.


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In 1933 America was in the grip of the great depression. There are more than twenty-five percent of people that were unemployed and hungry also they had lost hope. One of the programs was called the New Deal. Franklin Delano Roosevelt created it after he was elected. CCC stands for civilian conservation corps. CCC was run by the U.S Army; they had “three million young men and adult working on building roads, trails, building campgrounds, and fixing up historic buildings”. CCC was one of the most popular New Deal programs.


One controversial topic within the CCC was In July, 1935 these camps were disbanded. Have been disband, and 150 all black companies were set up. The CCC law contained a clause discrimination based on race. The CCC Director Robert Fechner government had said “segregation is not discrimination” but many others in FDR’s have disagreed but, the CCC camps stood their grounds. By 1941 it was disband, the CCC had employed about 3.5 million men. The biggest legacy of the CCC has been the hop it provided both the young men and their families.

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New Deal

Author: Anonymous /


The Public Works Administration was a New Deal agency lead by Harold L. Ickes and was created in June 1933 during the Great Depression. It allowed billions of dollars to be spent on construction to provide employment, improve public welfare, and contribute to a new American Industry. In his presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to include the PWA in his New Deal reforms.

Between July 1933 and March 1939, the PWA helped with the construction of more than 34,000 projects that includes airports, electricity-generating dams, and aircraft carriers. Between 1933 and 1939, 70% of the new schools and 1/3 of the hospitals were built during that time period with the help of the PWA. During its time, the PWA provided the federal government with its first network for the distribution of funds. Unfortunately, when Roosevelt moved industry to war production, the Public Works Administration was abolished in June 1941.

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New Deal

Author: BrendanP /


President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Public Works Administration. He started it in April 8, 1935. It took people out of work and put them to work. It was
the largest New Deal agency. It employed 4,880,000,000 people. These work projects were highways, building construction, slum clearance, reforestation and rural rehabilitation.

One of the things they did was a lodge at Mount Hood. The Timberline Lodge was built in the late 1930 through the efforts of the WPA and the CCC. Workers used large timbers and local stone and carved decorative throughout the building. FDR dedicated it on September 28, 1937which was before it opened to the public five months later.

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New Deal

Author: Roberto C /


The Civilian Conservation Corp was in effect from (1933-1941) Roosevelt was trying to create jobs for the people. Roosevelt recruited thousands of young men to work and also enlisted them and peacetime army.[ FDR's inauguration on March 4, 1933, to inauguration on march 4, 1933 to the inducting of the fast CCC enrollees, only 37 days had elapsed.] The young men planted new trees into the ground. So they would not suffer in the dust bowl again. It kill all of there crops.

This picture shows are the young men working in the fields. There were a lot of young men working in the CCC. In June 1933, the ECW decided that men that were in CCC camps could be given the opportunity of vocational training and additional education. Job included there go like planting new trees in the ground in area affected by the bust bowl. Conservation Corps was one of the most successful New Deal programs of the Great Depression Approximately 55% of enrollees were from rural communities, a majority of which were non-farm; 45% came from urban area.

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New Deal

Author: MichaelA /

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program for unemployed men, providing vocational training through the performance of useful work related to conservation and development of natural resources in the United States. America was in the grip of the Great Depression when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated in March of 1933. More than twenty-five percent of the population was unemployed, hungry, and without hope. The New Deal programs instituted bold changes in the federal government that energized the economy and created an equilibrium that helped to bolster the needs of citizens.
The CCC became one of the more popular New Deal programs among the general public, providing economic relief, rehabilitation and training for a total of 3 million men. The CCC also provided a comprehensive work program that combined conservation, renewal, awareness and appreciation of the nation's natural resources.

In this picture, CCC boys work on an example of a project building an adobe house at Mission La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima near Lompoc, Calif., Sept. 23, 1938. The boys go shirtless in the afternoon heat even though Army officers in charge of the camp say it's against regulations.

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Public Works Administration

Author: Gadiel /



In May 17, 1939 men work on an Arkansas river flood control project. Working on a river flood project was a lot of work. It takes forever just to get everything organized and everything in older. Basically in order to get money and feed my family I would have to work so hard and do everything right so I can earn the money with out any problem. By joining the team for the river project I have to work twice as hard. I tell you working hard is a difficult thing to do. But I’m doing it for my family so is all worth it.
When I started working on the river flood control project it took us about 3weeks or more to get everything right. There were about 14 to 20 people working on this river project. Basically all we did was work in the hot sun and dig up the dirt and taking it somewhere so that they Cando something with it. In 1939 finding a job was difficult for me but I’m happy to join the team in Arkansas, even when I didn’t feel like working outside all day and digging up dirt. Working in the hot sun was a really hard thing to do even for the other people but I my family & providing for them is the reason I don’t give up.

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New Deal

Author: DakotaK /

Timberline Lodge is the showplace for the Works Progress Administration projects in Oregon. Its construction was financed with nearly a million dollars from the WPA and additional funding from the Federal Art Project for furnishings and art. Workers came primarily from the WPA, but some jobs—including excavation, road building, and laying the terraces—were performed by the younger men in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The WPA workers lived at Summit Meadow and CCC workers came from Camp Zigzag. The construction was supervised by Lorenz Brothers. When Timberline Lodge Mt. Hood was first opened to the public, the main way up the mountain for skiers was a rope tow, and in 1939 an electric chairlift was installed. Although these additions to the Mt. Hood Timberline Ski Resort Oregon were popular, the lodge did not at first see widespread success, and in the 1950's Timberline Lodge Mt. Hood was all but falling apart. Richard Kohnstamm, whose family still operates the lodge and ski area, is credited with saving the resort from bankruptcy and bringing it to its current status as a successful ski resort. Timberline Lodge Oregon is now privately owned, rather than being a government owned property. The lodge has also made an appearance in a number of films, including, The Shining, Hear No Evil, Bend of the River, and All the young Men.

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WRIGHT BROTHERS

The Wright Brothers were two of seven siblings. Orville and Wilbur were their names. Orville was always in mischief, and he got expelled in elementary school. Orville and Wilbur were very close to each other; they were only four years apart. They loved playing with toys. Their favorite was a helicopter. The brothers played with that toy until it broke. From playing with the helicopter, it gave them inspiration to build their own helicopter.
They are mainly known for building the first airplane. It took the brothers a long time to get it down. The brothers got their experience from working in a shop building bikes and motors. The two brothers always worked together with everything. They also did not get their high school diplomas. Many believe that the Wright brothers were the best inventors. That is amazing especially since they did not graduate from high school.
The brothers studied many birds to help them build their plane. The brothers made plenty of planes. It took them awhile to get to the perfect plane. The two young men had come up wit a plan to succeed and that was to make a aircraft and get it off the ground. The brothers tried more then a hundred times to get an aircraft up and running but they had many failures, but that is just the way it was. Once they fixed everything there was a happy ending. That was the spark for new and more aircrafts in the U.S and all over the world.

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Immigration

Author: Gadiel /



When I got off the boat to meet with the people to see if I’m am allowed to go to into America. I was really afraid because I was not even sure what kind of question they were going to ask me. So when I walk in the door and I sit down waiting for them to call me up next. So when they did I was like so nervous to walk in the door but I was ready for anything. So we did the handshake and he said welcome and good morning and when he said that I said good morning sir. so we sit down and started talking he was asking me so much question I didn’t know some of the answer but I did make a eyes on eyes contact I was being 100% honest about my answer I was being careful about my answer just in case I don’t say anything wrong.
So when he told me I was going to sign some paper to they can approve me to go to angel island I was really happy because I was sure I answer my question right. so when I sign the paper they told me I was approve to go to angel island. I was so proud of myself and my life just going to start fresh and new and I also have to follow the rules at Angel Island so I won’t get in so much trouble there. So my life has just started.

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Wright Brothers

Author: Ethan /


The Wright Brothers are two of seven siblings. Orville and Wilbur were their names. Orville was always in mischief, and he got expelled in elementary school. Orville and Wilbur were very close to each other, they were only for years apart. They loved playing with toys there favorite was a helicopter. The brothers played with that toy Intel it broke. From playing with the helicopter gave them inspiration to build there own helicopter.
They were mainly known for building the first air plane. It took the brothers along time to get it down. The brothers got there experience from working in a shop building bikes in motors. The two brothers always worked together with every thing. They also did not get there high school diploma.
The brothers studied many birds to help them build this plane. The brothers made plenty of planes. It took them awhile to get down the perfect plane. The Wright brothers go down as the best inventors. The funny thing about it is that neither of them did not graduate.

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Model T

Author: Malik /


The model T was found by Henry Ford in 1908 in the Ford Motor Company. The model T was made for people who couldn’t afford a car and it was cheap. This car was made in Detroit Michigan. The Ford Motor Company had one of the assembly lines to make cars. The Model T was the first automobile mass produced on assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts, marketed to the middle class. The needed factory worker knowledge and skills were reduced to one of 84 areas.

The Ford Model T was the first automobile built by various countries simultaneously since they were being produced in Walkersville, Canada and in Manchester, England starting in 1911 and were later assembled in Germany, Argentina, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, and Japan. Henry Ford had many different types of model of cars like A, N, S but the model T was one of the greatest one ever made. Since the Model T we have many different great cars from Ford like Ford Fusion and the Mustang. I think without Henry Ford making the Model T, we wouldn’t have so great cars in this world to day.

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Immigration

Author: Roberto C /



I am the little boy that is hold a bag in one and holding my little sister in the other. I am from Europe. My mom was holding my other little sister. We had a long trip on the boat from Europe but we had food with us.

My family had to stay in Ellis Island for few weeks. We were so hungry and thristy. Every one that was there was very skinny. Our time on Ellis Island ended in March of 1924. When I left the island, there were still alot of people coming off the boats. I still remember it alot.

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Immigration

Author: Anonymous /


I am a Chinese immigrant that has just reached Angel Island and I'm getting processed into the U.S system to be able to live in the United States. I have come a long way from overseas by myself to make my life better or to just see what comes my way. Many of my people haven’t made it to the U.S because of sickness and other problem that the Americans don’t want coming into the states. My life can get better if I try or my life can get even worse then it was when I was shipped to Angel Island. When I first walked off the ship there were thousands and thousands I mean it was amazing to see how many different races that were surrounding me.
Now that I have been checked and have been named a immigrant that is able to live in the U.S now I can look for a job so that I can provide for me self to survive on my own like my mother and father told me before they were shipped back to China. Life by myself is a hard task and I think to myself sometimes that I will never make it. As the days go by slowly and lonely I start to get stronger and smarter with what I have to do to live and keep food in my belly and some warm clothes on my body. I keep telling myself things will get better but I still feel the same way when I got off the Roget ship that shipped me to the U.S.

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Coney Island

Author: Andrew P /


Coney Island was the first amusement park in American. It was in Brooklyn, New York. It was on an island. They had the first roller coaster. Almost all modern roller coaster are made of steel. Coney Island was used for entertainment.
The first roller coaster was made of wood and the track was six hundred feet long. It was built in 1884. It went up 50 feet high. It was 5 cents to ride it. They made $600 per a day.
Coney Island wasn’t just a theme park. Here is a listing of some of the other things on Coney Island. There were some bars in the middle of the woods where you could buy liquor. There were also hotels. In fact there were 2 of them. Thatis some of the stuff that made up Coney Island.

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Barnum and Bailey circus

Author: shantelr /


Get your popcorn and soda and enjoy the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus. Barnum and Bailey did not start out in the circus business together. Bailey started and teamed with James E, and Barnum worked with Dan Castello and William Cameron Coup. Barnum joined with them because Dan and William already created a circus. Bailey’s circus was soon Barnum’s chief competitor.

Cooper and Bailey merge’s with Barnum, and that’s how the brothers got started. In 1881-1882 the shows were combined and it was a great success. Then a tragedy happened that no one would ever expect, Barnum died in 1891 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Since his brother’s death Bailey went on doing the European tour that stared in December 27, 1897 and ended in 1902. The European tour gave the Ringling Brothers the opportunity to move their show to the Midwest through the eastern seaboard.

On July 6, 1944 one of the worst fire disasters occurred in Hartford, Connecticut. 7,500-8,700 people were attending the Ringling brothers when the fire broke out. The fire took place under a canvas. 100 people were killed in the horrible fire. Till this day the dead remain were unidentified even with using DNA techniques. The tent that the Ringling Brothers performed in had not been fireproofed.

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Brooklyn Bridge

Author: BrendanP /


The Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883. It was built for
the people to get to the island faster. It was needed, it made transportation a lot easer for the people and their goods. Their started
to billed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1870 it took 13 year to billed.
Here are some faces of the bridge, distance of roadbed above water - 135 feet, Height of Towers above high water- 276½ feet (JSG). Height of Towers above roadway - 159 feet (JSG). They used 3600 miles of steel cables. Dead weight of deck and suspenders - 13,240 kips - 3,410 kips per cable.

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