My Great-Grandfather

My grandfather, Cosmo Damiano Depinto was born on May 15, 1939 in the small town of Molfetta, Italy. He is the son of Nicoletta Depinto, his mother, who was one of three siblings. Her two sisters were named Lina and Giovanna. His mother had a full time job as a seamstress. His grandmother was responsible for making fishing nets. His grandfather, Orazio, had a similar profession in the fishing industry and and worked as a local fisherman. But unfortunately he passed away when a mine blew up while he was fishing in his boat after World War I (1914-1918).

The Civilian Conservation Corps accomplishments included the restoration of resources, recreational opportunities, and the building of national state’s parks. The failures of this program were that Civilian Conservation Corps was that it gave money to a small segment of the population, it took taxpayers money ,and it was only for young white men. According to experts of the Digital History Online Textbook, many New Deal Programs discriminated against African Americans. The document said “Roosevelt feared that conservative southern Democrats, who had seniority in Congress and controlled many committee chairmanships, would block his bills if he tried to fight them on the race question.(Document B)” This is why the Civilian Conservation Corps is labeled as a success and a fail. It helps citizens but not many. The second New Deal program that had accomplishment and failures was the Tennessee Valley. The accomplishments that the Tennessee Valley made was it provided cheap electrical power to rural areas, and it provided employment in rural areas. The failures that this program had was that since they provided lots with electricity, they had to build a lot of dams, which is bad for the ecosystem. The Tennessee Valley also had many long term failures. The long-term effect is that it generates power through coal fire plants, which causes pollution that generates global

From the earliest times, war has existed as a painful reality. Stories are passed down from generation to generation about brave men fighting epic battles in ancient civilizations. Occasionally a different type of legend emerges: the homefront hero. Leaders in Ancient Greece and Rome are documented preventing panic and raising supplies for their distant armies. From then on through history, those left behind, from the leaders of countries tested in resolve and commitment by wars to the ordinary citizens who rise above their routines to serve their countries, are powerful forces behind victories. World War II was no exception. While the soldiers abroad were undoubtedly true heroes of the war, the parents, siblings, and children they left behind also assisted in the war effort. No one remained truly unaffected by the war. Without the labors of women, the efforts of schoolchildren, and the institution of rationing, World War II could not have been won.

The Great Depression, pulled the American economy to its all-time low. The government mitigated the depression with several methods. When the stock market collapsed, people started losing their jobs and then their homes to the banks. People were desperately searching for jobs even if it’s terrible, until the government formed the CCC. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was formed to provide hope and dignity to young American citizens and their future generations.

From the earliest times, war has existed as a painful reality. Stories are passed down from generation to generation about brave men fighting epic battles in ancient civilizations. Occasionally a different type of legend emerges: the homefront hero. In Ancient Greece and Rome, elderly statesmen prevented famine and raised supplies for their distant armies in wartime. From then on through history, those left behind, from the leaders of countries tested in resolve and commitment by wars to the ordinary citizens who rise above their routines to serve their countries, are powerful forces behind victories. World War II was no exception. While the soldiers abroad were undoubtedly true heroes of the war, the parents, siblings, and children they left behind also assisted in the war effort. No one remained truly unaffected by the war. Without the labors of women, the efforts of schoolchildren, and the institution of rationing, World War II could not have been won.

During the 1920s, there was a massive increase in the post-war economy, and with it came luxuries and technologies that many Americans had never seen before. The changing cultural climate brought with it drastic changes in the ideals and morals of the youth because they had become disillusioned with their parents' morals and lifestyles following World War 1. Interestingly, the disillusionment that the youth of America felt towards their parents' way of living brought about the first real generation gap. History remembers the time of this generation gap as the Jazz Age, and its culture quickly became enamored with the idea of being young and living for today.

The WPA projects were better planned than those of the CWA, and many of them were of lasting benefit to their communities. Roads and streets were built or improved. Schools, libraries, and other public buildings were constructed or repaired. Artists, musicians, and writers performed for the benefit of the public. Administrative costs were higher than those of the FERA, but the projects carried out were more complex and useful.Two other relief operations were designed especially for young people. Both were of great interest to the president and his wife. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided work for unemployed and unmarried young men. They received food and shelter and were paid $30 per month, of which $25 had to be given to relatives or dependents. More than a quarter of a million men, many of them from city slums, worked in the corps, living together in camps under

Would the beautiful state parks that we have today still exist if the Civilian Conservation Corps never happened? Well, that is up for debate, but nobody can argue that they didn’t do a lot of work. The Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC was launched twenty-nine days after Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office. The CCC members did anything from planting trees to building trails that you can see at state and national parks.

Firstly, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was just one of the many parts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. Conservation has been a very important idea that has passed through the generations of the Roosevelt family starting with our former president, Theodore Roosevelt. The corp provided jobs for men who didn’t have the money to attend college and where out of a job. This opportunity provided them with the opportunity to conserve

The Civilian Conservation Corps was established in 1933. It was part of the New Deal which was created for the Great Depression under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The CCC was formed to provide jobs to the unemployed, and for natural resource conservation. The CCC and other New Deal programs benefited the economy by helping the citizens, and gave the national economy the push it needed to get back on its feet. The CCC takes an eminent place in history.

The CCC or otherwise known as the Civilian Conservation Corp was a group, in the beginning there were about 250,000 young men that joined but towards the end of the program there was a total of 3 million enrollees! The young men were paid and well feed to work for their people and the environment which we now live in. The CCC began in the year 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of that time. He had witnessed the struggle his people were going through at the time of the depression and he had enough. After taking office in the year 1933 he acted fast and created the “New Deal”. This New Deal was an effort to help the citizens of the United States come out of unemployment and to give back the people their lost

I have decided to write this essay for you, my eldest child, to tell you about my life and the things I experienced growing up. You want to know what it was like “in the old days” huh? I came up in a turbulent period in American history and think you should know the things I’ve lived through; the things that made me who I am today. As a white middle class woman who lived in New York during the “Roaring Twenties”, I was considered to be a member of the “greatest generation.” Throughout my lifetime, I witnessed and experienced significant political, economic, and social changes.

The New Deal provided employment for 3 million young men. Through the Civilian Conservation Act, uniformed young men were recruited to work in various employment such as reforestation, fire fighting, flood control and swamp drainage. These jobs not only helped the people financially, but also gave a sense of accomplishment and prevented them from committing crimes.

In this time, women, men, and children had to pitch in order to survive. The women of this time took on jobs and did work. They sold apples, potatoes, and other items grown from their gardens to provide for the family. The children of this time were not like children today. They had greater responsibility around the house since their mothers were out working. They had to watch younger siblings. Some of them even took jobs. They would get up hours before dawn and sell papers. They had many tricks to earn even more money. They would say they did not have change, yell false news, and go door to door selling the newspapers. For the men in the family they had a hard decision to make. They could stay at home and hope to find small jobs or join a work camp. The government tried to help bring money to the family unit. There was a group named the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who would bring relief for young men between 18 and 25. They would take these jobless men to work camps across the country. They would make about $30 a month. While there they would do conservation projects such as planting trees, compact soil erosion, and maintaining national forests. They also eliminated steam pollution, created fish, game, and bird sanctuaries, and conserved coal, petroleum, shale, gas, sodium, and helium deposits. Even this program caused problems at times, though. Sometimes, the men would never send the money back home. In fact,

By 1933 millions of Americans were out of work. Hundreds of thousand of men, women, and children roamed the country in search of food and shelter. Bead lines were not an uncommon sight. One of the earliest steps to aid the unemployed was the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps. This program designed to bring relief to the young men of America ages 18 to 25. In this program the CCC would enroll these men in camps across the country for around $30 a month. This was a semi-military style job almost two million men took place in the CCC. They took part in conservation projects such as planting trees to maintain national forest, eliminating steam pollution, creating fish, animal sanctuaries, and conserving coal, petroleum, shale, gas, sodium and helium deposits. Jobs also came from the Civil Works Administration with jobs such as teaching to highway repairs. The National Recovery Administration established with the national industrial recovery act practiced generating more jobs so more buying would come. The NRA was declared unconstitutional in 1935 because of over regulation as recovery began to come into play. Also through the NIRA workers were given the right to Bargain with their employers through unions their own choice.