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Case 04.06 The New Deal

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Assignment: 04.06 The New Deal - Honors
1. Why was the program needed in your state?
2. What functions did the program serve in your state?
3. What initial improvements were made by the program in your state?
4. What is the status of the program today? If it is still active, what goals does it now have? If it has ended, when and why did it end?
5. What effects of the program can still be seen in your state today?
1. The program was needed in my state because young single men like me needed jobs to get money for them and their family. This was a great way for them to get money and develop new skills as you can use it to get a job like the other men when the country gets out of depression. They can learn to be disciplined. Plus, this program is helping sustain the environment. The Great Depression plummet the whole country’s economy too deeply including Florida but two hurricanes in the South and an outbreak of the Mediterranean fruit fly in a grapefruit orchard in Orlando caused the economy to ultimately crash. This was a great way for them to get money and develop new skills as you can use it to get a job like the other men when the country gets out of depression. They can learn to be disciplined. Plus, this program is helping sustain the environment.

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About 40,000 men from Florida were in the CCC program. They cut down millions of trees to construct fire lines. They got food, clothes and money sent home to their families. The CCC planted 13 million trees in Florida. They helped create state parks and wildlife preserves. The CCC rebuilt the Overseas Railroad connecting Miami to the Key West. It was destroyed by a hurricane in 1935. With the building of the Overseas Railroad, creation of wildlife preserves and state parks brought out tourism to Florida which helped the economy rise. Plus cutting down trees to construct fire lines and planting more trees, too definitely went a long way in helping the environment and

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