Civilian Conservation Corps Analysis

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When the government takes "the lead in economic planning and in improving the lot of ordinary citizens" as it did during the era of the New Deal, a twice-implemented collection of economic programs during the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential terms, necessary improvements are made and obstacles to social equilibrium are exemplified (Give Me Liberty! 794). Turning obstacles into opportunities for improvement and executing them were the methods set forth by the components of the New Deal. From creating a plethora of new jobs for the vast amount of post-Great Depression unemployed Americans to expanding the government’s role in the economy while establishing a relationship between industry and labor, the New Deal laid the foundation for an era…show more content…
796). Additionally, of the New Deal Programs implemented, Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program that – in addition to having been responsible for the construction of parks, other public structures, and several environment-based projects – created myriad jobs. The Civilian Conservation Corps was vividly chronicled in the Public Broadcasting Service Documentary The Civilian Conservation Corps. Using expert testimony, historical artifacts, and presidential archives, the viewer is immersed in a portrayal of a post-Depression society. The efforts and effects of the Civilian Conservation Corps are illuminated by the documentary made possible only by the initiatives of Roosevelt. "When Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933," began writer Jonathan Alter in the documentary, "it was almost a perfect match of man and moment. He was somebody who could inspire people and used the crisis to redefine what we owe each other as a people. That’s one of the reasons why the New Deal really was a ‘New Deal’ between the public and the government.” Roosevelt stated that "first, [they] are giving opportunity of employment for a quarter of a million of the

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