After the Great Depression‚ millions of people had no money in the bank and a lot were homeless. President Roosevelt saw this and he decided to make a change. He made a program called Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was a program that employed millions of people that were unemployed after the Great Depression. Millions of people were employed due to the WPA’s work systems which funded various projects. The WPA also funded money into the arts industry and helped artist make money off
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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic depression that lasted 10 years. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday‚" October 24‚ 1929. The height of the Depression was 1933. By then‚ unemployment had risen from 3 percent to 25 percent of the nation’s workforce. Wages for those who still had jobs fell 42 percent. Gross domestic product was cut in half‚ from $103 billion to $55 billion. The Depression caused many farmers to lose their farms. At the same time‚ years of overcultivation and a drought created
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The Great Depression was one of the world’s largest impacts; which is what inspired me to write on this topic. So many people lost so much‚ & so many lives were destroyed. For ten years‚ a lot of families went through stress. Due to this‚ crimes were beginning to be committed. This shocking event began in October 1929. It happened to be the deepest and longest lasting ‘economic’ downturn in history. Bank failures were one out of the few reasons the Great Depression occurred. “The
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Imagine millions of citizens on the streets; homeless‚ starving‚ and losing their hope along with their loved ones. This was the normalcy of the Great Depression that lasted from 1929-1941. Because of the Stock Market Crash of 1929‚ the Great Depression started and the New Deal was created. Franklin Delano Roosevelt intended for the New Deal to fight the Great Depression providing relief‚ recovery‚ and reform. Although‚ many civilians didn’t agree to the policies of the New Deal‚ including Congress
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Social Issue: The Transcontinental Railroad- Before the Transcontinental Railroad‚ traveling West in the United States was a costly and difficult journey through deserts‚ and over mountains. After the invention of locomotives‚ railroads began to show up everywhere. Many saw an opportunity in railroads to expand settlement in the west and transform the United States into a more modern nation. The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies formed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862‚ which
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In the 1920’s there were three major car developer’s‚ Ford‚ Chrysler and General Motors. These three companies were massively producing cars using Henry Ford’s invention‚ the assembly line. The assembly line changed everything for many companies‚ it’s still even used in companies today just instead now we’ve got machines doing work for us. The mass production in cars caused the prices to drop to an affordable amount so that people could buy them‚ company owners used the fact their vehicles were being
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FDR: A Hero in a Time of Despair Imagine living everyday terrified of what is to come. It is a struggle everyday to put enough food on the table to survive. Finding a job is a task that seems almost impossible. There is no hope in the streets of the cities. Helplessness is the only feeling that can be recognized. These were the effects of the Great Depression. However‚ feelings changed when Franklin D. Roosevelt came into presidency and gave the people a new hope for the future. FDR was elected
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Most Progressive President During the Progressive Era‚The United States faced many problems that needed to be addressed which were unfair business‚ poor working conditions and destruction of the environment. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson worked to fix some of these problems. While all the Presidents worked to correct these problems during the Progressive Era‚ Woodrow Wilson was the most progressive president because he attacked big business’s‚ signed the act
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Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order
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The Great Depression was the biggest economic crash that the United States has ever had. After the “Black Thursday” on September 3‚ 1929 stock market crash and right after that is when Franklin D. Roosevelt took over the new Presidency of the United States. During the Great Depression‚ millions of people became unemployed and homeless and a huge number of banks failed and closed. The new president Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ walked into a position that required immediate actions to help a suffering country
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