The Civilian Conservation Corps primarily provided employment for which group?

• A. Women in domestic service.
• B. Retired farmers.
• C. College graduates.
• D. Men aged between 18-25 who were hobos or living in Hoovervilles.

Answer: (D)

The main idea is that the Civilian Conservation Corps was designed to give work to unemployed young men during the Great Depression. It primarily recruited unmarried men aged about 18 to 25 who were out of work and often living in hardship, including in Hooverville shantytowns. This fit the program’s needs: to provide steady wages while they did conservation and public-works projects in rural areas and national parks. The pay was modest—about $30 a month—with most of it sent home to support families, which also helped relieve family poverty. So, this description matches who the CCC aimed to help: young, jobless men in precarious circumstances, rather than women in domestic service, retired farmers, or college graduates.