Reform in the Spirit of Conservation The creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Civil Works Administration revolutionized the U.S. federal government by redefining its roles in the lives of its citizens. Prior to the Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s resulting New Deal, the federal government had taken no responsibility in the employment or welfare of U.S. citizens. People were employed by privately owned businesses and the poor, if they received …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…federally funded public works program designed to employ men of working age in maintaining roads, airports, and parks. Before the Depression Era, the federal government had never involved itself in issues of its people’s welfare, but it had never needed to do so. Roosevelt’s federally funded public works programs like the CCC and CWA improved America’s parks and roadways, but most importantly they gave despairing men paychecks and hope for the future.