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    Hoover’s policies with the intent on enacting his own. He pledged a present a "New Deal" (its specific meaning ambiguous at the time to the American people) to the American public. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt: FDR’s Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women 3. Harry Hopkins: New York social worker and friend of FDR‚ appointed to run the F ERA. 4. Father Coughlin: the

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    Great Depression and the New Deal After learning about United States Industrialization from Neil Painter book Standing at Armageddon‚ and reading about the unprecedented economic prosperity in Michael Parrish Anxious Decades‚ Eric Rauchway in his book The Great Depression and the New Deal discusses the major causes of the Great Depression in the United States and ways the newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt intended to fix the economic problem by implementing New Deal Programs. The Great

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    Historians say that the New Deal era is the beginning of modern American society. Many also say it was the beginning of the Imperial Presidential era. It was also a time when the quality of life had raised in a time of war. Life expectancy went up three years for whites and five years for blacks. (HIST 222 lecture‚ 28 OCT 10) There are many reasons why people consider the New Deal era the beginning of modern society‚ but the new reforms and programs‚ new women and new Negros‚ and the new consumer life style

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    When the markets crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression took hold in the United States‚ President Hoover did nothing- trusting that the market would recover and that it was just a passing event in American history. When President Franklin Roosevelt took office‚ he enacted immediate‚ powerful change to try and correct the damage done by the Great Depression. In his first 100 days in office‚ FDR accomplished many incredible things that helped the citizens of the United States survive the depression

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    LEGACY: The Origins of Civilization China: The Mandate of Heaven Film-Viewing Guide (DVD series available in Stewart Library) Neolithic: c 5000 - 2400 BCE various cultures; most significant: Yangshao (also mentioned: Longshan culture; Liangzhu culture) Shang Dynasty: c 1600 - 1050 BCE (formerly 1750 - 1045) Zhou Dynasties: c 1050 - 480 BCE (Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties) Warring States Era: c 480 - 221 BCE Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BCE FIRST EMPEROR

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    the time of the Great Depression. Hardships were suffering and the economy was falling apart. This puts many Americans out of jobs and they lost almost everything they owned. Since Herbert Hoover‚ the 31st President of the United States‚ did not help‚ he was the one to blame for the downfall in economy. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt became President‚ he promised that the people will get back on their feet. He created what was known as the “ New Deal”. This deal helped solved the Great Depression.

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    the Great Depression. People lost their entire life savings in a matter of hours. The worst day of the crash‚ “Black Tuesday” was October 24‚ 1929.

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    It is evident that Roosevelt’s new deal did provide a new deal for the American people in many ways‚ It boosted the agricultural‚ industrial and economic aspect of America while at the same time improving everyday life for majority of Americans . Roosevelt made various changes with in his time in office. He tried to lift the economy out of depression and eliminate the flaws that had caused the crash. He tried to do this by introducing a program which included new legislation and government agencies

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    these debates over the interpretation of what commerce means and how it is defined is the very reason the Court system was incorporated into our government. This is why the debate seems a bit lopsided in my opinion.         As far as the topic at hand‚ it was clear that when states and the national government began to clash over the interpretation of commerce‚ it was time for the Court to step in. Without a clear definition of what commerce was‚ as well as what it meant by inter and intra state commerce

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    Topic: The New Deal did not end the Great Depression. The New Deal was a combined effort from several agencies and programs to put an end to the Great Depression. This efforts progress was not up to the expectation of the people within a hundred days. This caused several individuals to argue against the New Deal with the verdict that it had lasted long enough. I agree that the New Deal did not fill the needs and was not the solution to the Great Depression. That’s why they finally had to launch another

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