CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

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  • What did the CCC stand for?
    Civilian Conservation Corps
  • When was the CCC set up?
    March 1933
  • Who did the CCC recruit?
    17-24 year old unemployed males
  • What was the age range of the CCC later extended to?
    28 years
  • What was the aim of the CCC?
    To create jobs for those suffering from unemployment through public works
  • How long were placements in the CCC?
    6 months with up to 4 placements totalling 2 years
  • How many worked in the CCC?
    250,000 worked on soil conservation and forest projects in 1933-34
  • How many worked in the CCC by 1935?

    500,000
  • How many segregated camps were there in the CCC?
    150
  • Who led the CCC?
    Robert Fechner
  • What did Fechner do to improve conditions for black Americans?
    Nothing, he was from Tennessee and didn't encourage black recruitment or improve conditions for black Americans
  • How did Roosevelt improve the conditions?
    In September 1935 he wrote to Fechner and pressed him over the treatment of black Americans
  • How much did black American recruitment increase after Roosevelt's intervention?
    It doubled to 200,000
  • When were camps segregated?
    Some camps were initially integrated but by 1935 camps were segregated
  • What was the integrated CCC camp in the North called?
    Fort Dix, New Jersey
  • How many black Americans went on strike at Fort Dix?
    100 went on strike over food being scarce and poor quality
  • What did the black strikers claim had also happened at Fort Dix?
    They had been evicted from their barracks to make room for white recruits and forced to give up hot meals for raw potatoes
  • What were Fort Dix's recruits from Harlem called?
    Company 235-C
  • How many black recruits were in Company 235-C?
    180
  • What happened to Company 235-C?
    Their white major brought in 20 white recruits and replaced the company's black clerk's so the black recruits refused to work
  • What was the outcome of Company 235-C?
    State police arrested 5 'ringleaders' who were sent home, yet trouble continued
  • Where were Company 235-C sent?
    The local white population was nervous of the 'possibility of rape' by black recruits to they were sent far away from towns
  • Where else were there problems in CCC camps?
    In Ohio
  • What did the 2 Ohio senators do?
    They interrogated Robert Fechner on the treatment of black Americans which showed contemporary concern over black Americans working for New Deal agencies