Roosevelt’s Tree Army

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Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appliedTo New Deal work-relief program
associatedWithLeader President Franklin D. Roosevelt
associatedWithPeriod Great Depression
associatedWithPolicy New Deal
country United States
employed unemployed men
young men
focusArea forestry
park development
soil conservation
wildlife habitat improvement
goal conserve natural resources
develop public infrastructure on public lands
provide employment for young men
hasAlternativeName CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
historicalSignificance expanded U.S. system of parks and forests
major New Deal conservation initiative
implementedBy U.S. federal government
mainActivity conservation projects
public lands projects
namedAfter Franklin D. Roosevelt
partOf United States federal relief programs
refersTo Civilian Conservation Corps
sector environmental conservation
public works
socialImpact provided wages and training to unemployed youth
timePeriod 1930s

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Civilian Conservation Corps
alsoKnownAs

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