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What was the CCC nickname for environmental work?

FDR's New Deal

Chapter 1

Healing a broken nation

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Chapter 2

The army of builders

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Chapter 3

A new safety net

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Chapter 4

The battle for control

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Master of FDR's New Deal

Ch 2 · The army of builders
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diego Paying artists to paint and write

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diego Young men working in the woods

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diego Building the modern American map

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diego Bringing electric power to the farms

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Tiny Shovel Brigade
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diego The Army of Builders

Three billion trees in the ground, and we built the parks of our land

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Paying artists to paint and write

diego The federal government funded thousands of artists, writers, and actors to document and enrich American culture.

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Fun Fact

Roosevelt's tree army: The Civilian Conservation Corps planted over three billion trees, earning them the nickname Roosevelt's Tree Army.

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Building the modern American map

diego Massive public works programs built the roads, bridges, and dams that still define America today.

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How many miles of roads did the Works Progress Administration build or improve across America?

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Which New Deal job sounds best?

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Which New Deal program hired young men to plant trees, fight forest fires, and build state parks?

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What was the nickname given to the Civilian Conservation Corps due to their environmental work?

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Which agency funded massive public infrastructure projects like the Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam?

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Which famous photographer was hired by the WPA to document Great Depression migrant workers?

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Which WPA sub-program employed artists, musicians, actors, and writers during the Great Depression?

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Which New Deal project built dams to bring cheap electricity and flood control to a multi-state southern region?

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What percentage of American farms lacked electricity before the Rural Electrification Act of 1936?

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