By August 1933, approximately how many men were in the Civilian Conservation Corps?

• A. 50,000
• B. 1,000
• C. 2,000,000
• D. 250,000

Answer: (D)

This question looks at the scale of the Civilian Conservation Corps in its early months, illustrating how quickly relief work was mobilized. The CCC began in spring 1933 to provide jobs for young men and to tackle conservation projects. By August that year, enrollment had reached about 250,000 men, showing a rapid expansion from its inception and signaling the broad reach of New Deal public works. This reflects the strategy to address unemployment through large, federally funded programs.

A figure like 50,000 would understate the pace of growth, while numbers around a million or more would apply to later years as the program continued to expand, not to August 1933. The roughly 250,000 figure best fits the historical record for that point in time.