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    and shipments could stay on time. Samuel B. Morse was the American inventor of the telegraph‚ a machine that could send a message of electrical signals along a cable that could be decoded to form letters and words. Telegraph cable had begun to be strung up across America‚ usually running parallel to railroad tracks. With telegraph cables all over the country‚ Americans were able to send messages and

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    believe that the stock market crash in 1929 caused The Great Depression‚ history shows that the economic conditions in the U.S prior to the market crash weren’t even close to ideal. Yes‚ the 1920’s featured intense consumerism that aided the U.S economy. The problem was that credit and installment buying fueled much of this consumerism; which turned out to be unsustainable. The agricultural sector kept suffering from prize reductions and many farmers had to close down their farms due to the large

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    The collapse of the economy was a devastating blow to the national morale and left the nation in financial ruins. In 1931‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president on campaign promises to restore jobs and prosperity to the country. His proposal‚ the New Deal‚ fundamentally changed the nation. The New Deal affected the country by providing jobs and was to be a means of giving the nation a sense of hope. However‚ despite the positive actions that took place‚ the New Deal did not fix the job unemployment

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    opportunities and roles in European society. It helped change traditional gender roles‚ which paved the path for advances in women’s rights. Prior to World War I‚ women’s rights were limited‚ and their primary role was to work at home. However‚ during the war‚ their rights expanded by gaining the role of now working at jobs traditionally held by men. After the war‚ women’s rights continued to expand‚ but their roles were brought back to the home. Before World War I‚ women played the role of homemakers

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    The First World War was a time of rapid change in many regards. The way war was waged changed just as much as societies did‚ and the conflict uprooted order on more than just the battlefield. The home front faced new challenges‚ such as food shortages by embargoes‚ or more direct attacks from soldiers. Issues there were particularly exacerbated by the difficulties faced by women as they filled in both men’s and women’s roles. Though the war forced many movements‚ such as the women’s movement‚ to

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administrations response to the Great Depression were tenacious and steadfast. President Roosevelt’s New Deal regulated the economy and provided for those that struggled. The New Deal was the motion of significant change in the role of American government in its citizens lives. The government took responsibility for the basic welfare of its citizens and a complete change from its earlier structure. The first round of legislation was directed towards recovery and relief. This

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    What is the Real Role of the Fed in the Economy? Monetary Policy Cause and Effect EC301 Intermediate Macroeconomics 5 May 2013 The current status of the United States economy is a common discussion or topic in today’s media and in many individuals’ households. The state of the economy affects us all in nearly every aspect of our lives. Whether you’re grocery shopping‚ buying gas‚ registering your children for school‚ or exploring insurance rates‚ the economy has an effect on the bottom

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    Republicans argue that the government is playing too big of a role in the economy. There has been much debate over the government’s role in the economy during economic downturns‚ but the economy will only prosper if the government plays a significant role trying to recover from a recession‚ or even a depression. Safety-net programs and social welfare helps families fight poverty during economic downturns. In 2011 "one is every six Americans‚ including children and seniors‚ does not have access to enough

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    Introduction In the years that followed the end of the American Civil War‚ and more than a hundred years after the first industrial revolution which was centered around textiles‚ the economy of the United States grew considerably as the country entered in its second phase of Industrial Revolution. The visual map of the United States has therefor been transformed by unprecedented urbanization as more and more people started to emigrated from the countryside to the cities. Also the new territories

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    Jake Sacchetti Sister Lucy AP US History Due: 3/7/11 The Economy of the Roaring Twenties The economy of the United States during the Roaring Twenties looked reassuring to the entire nation. Because of this‚ the Great Depression was a shock to the seemingly healthy nation. The depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was the harshest economic turn that the United States had ever seen. Almost instantly‚ the country’s unemployment rate jumped from four percent to an overwhelming twenty five percent

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