The Civilian Conservation Corps was established by Congress on March 31, 1933, to create jobs by employing young men in conservation, development, and infrastructure. The program put approximately three million young men to work between 1933 and 1942.
To what extent have the conditions of American workers improved over the past 100 years?
BackgroundAfter the Civil War, the United States witnessed an accelerating movement of people westward, a rapidly increasing number of immigrants, and the large growth of urban areas. Along with these trends, the massive changes in how corporations were organized and operated and the growth of the labor movement during this period wrought significant...