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    During the reconstruction period a huge change shifted in the south and that was the freeing of the African American slaves. Of course they slave owners didn’t agree with this decision so after the reconstruction period the angry white southerners who had power in the south before the civil war slowly gained their power back. Once of the things to take place was the denying blacks the right to vote by harder for them to be eligible. The whites decided to create literacy test since it was clear that

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    control of our everyday lives‚ it should be their duty to fix the economy. I also believe that too much control given to the government can result in corruption. During the Great Depression‚ Franklin Roosevelt made the new deal upon coming president. The new deal aimed to stimulate the industrial recovery‚ to assist the victims of the depression‚ and to raise the quality of life standards and to prevent future economic crises. It is nonsensical to say that the new deal worked perfectly‚ but it would also

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    “Reconstruction” period. African Americans were free now but they had to adjust to a new way of living. Because many people did not accept the abolishment of slavery‚ it was difficult for African Americans to be free. During the reconstruction era‚ African Americans were free by law‚ but no resources and racism kept African Americans in slavery. African Americans were still slaves because it was difficult for African Americans to make a living without having to depend on white people. African Americans were not

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression was a tragedy for the whole world‚ but it mostly damaged specifically one country‚ which had the best economic system in the world at that time - United States of America. The Great Depression was an economic collapse from 1930s to 1940s. This economic disaster was brought to life because of a huge amount of problems. There even were different types of problems‚ such as social‚ political‚ economic‚ or military problems. All together‚ they created this economic

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    The Great Depression            The 1930’s was a huge decade of history filled with many important events that changed how we think. However‚ one crucial influence to the 1930’s was the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a major event in history and widely affected the 1930’s. The Great Depression was a world-wide economic downfall in which things such as industrialism and construction came to a near halt. There is no true date as to when the Great Depression started‚ but experts

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    for‚ and there are things in life worth dying for. Money was one of those things in the 1920s. During this time period‚ most Americans were “eager to enjoy the good life”‚ to reap “all the benefits of the American economy” (Feinberg 21). It was because of this chase for extravagance and luxury at its highest forms‚ however‚ that led to the demise of the US economy. With this in mind‚ the Great Depression influenced the 1930s by setting the international socioeconomic foundations for decades to come

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    The Great Depression "In other periods of depression‚ it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope‚ but as I look about‚ I now see nothing to give ground to hope—nothing of man." - Former President Calvin Coolidge‚ 1932 The 1920s was a time of roaring prosperity marked by booming business and negligible unemployment. Even during the October of 1929‚ the thought of poverty was close to an end. In fact‚ in 1928‚ President Herbert Hoover

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    The Great Depression was a long‚ severe‚ recession in the economy market that caused the stock market to crash. Millions of people lost their jobs and banks closed because so many people were in deptt but didn’t have the money to pay the bank back because they were unemployed. Therefore‚ the banks closed and all of their saved income was gone. The Great Depression had very big impacts on American society both socially and economically. The American society‚ socially had a very big impact planted

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    The Great Depression time period of 1929 to World War II was one of the longest and largest economic issues that had begun to change the world as we know it today. Many families were harmed and put in horrible positions in their life. It caused almost a full decade of misery to people worldwide. The Great Depression caused a collapse in the history of America. It all began with the over production in agriculture and industry. Farmers bought tons of farm equipment with loans‚ but then could not

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States‚ the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929‚ which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years‚ consumer spending and investment dropped‚ causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies

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