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Impacts of the Great Depression on the United States
The United States of America, A strong nation, has gone through many difficult times. s and forever changing society. Yet is was not any better agriculturally, due to the major impact the dust bowl had on the farmers and their land. In result from the Great depression many programs were created, to bring order into the American economy and help Americans regain their faith and trust once more. These programs included Emergency Banking Act/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of June 1933, stricter banking regulations to prevent bank failures, Federal Securities Act of May 1933/ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) / Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Farm Security Administration (FSA), Social Security Act. These programs indeed helped ease the tension of the Great Depression, but there programs did not just carry the positives, but had negative impacts as well.
Before the Great depression life as an American was great the Roaring Twenties brought prosperity and joy to the lives of many. Not only was the lives of the American citizens prosperous, but the U.S economy was great. The people showed faith and trust in their government and economy. The U.S had a growth in consumer goods mass producing these goods to supp their clients. Mass production made technology affordable to the middle class Americans, product included movies, radios and the automobile, these products had a massive increase in purchases. With theBut most cannot compare to the great depression. The Great Depression did not only effect the economy but, had a strong effect the the lives of many Americans, such as a high unemployment rate, many loosing their homes, loss of faith in the economy and bank mass production of the automobile came the
The United States of America, A strong nation, has gone through many difficult times. s and forever changing society. Yet is was not any better agriculturally, due to the major impact the dust bowl had on the farmers and their land. In result from the Great depression many programs were created, to bring order into the American economy and help Americans regain their faith and trust once more. These programs included Emergency Banking Act/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of June 1933, stricter banking regulations to prevent bank failures, Federal Securities Act of May 1933/ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) / Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Farm Security Administration (FSA), Social Security Act. These programs indeed helped ease the tension of the Great Depression, but there programs did not just carry the positives, but had negative impacts as well.
Before the Great depression life as an American was great the Roaring Twenties brought prosperity and joy to the lives of many. Not only was the lives of the American citizens prosperous, but the U.S economy was great. The people showed faith and trust in their government and economy. The U.S had a growth in consumer goods mass producing these goods to supp their clients. Mass production made technology affordable to the middle class Americans, product included movies, radios and the automobile, these products had a massive increase in purchases. With theBut most cannot compare to the great depression. The Great Depression did not only effect the economy but, had a strong effect the the lives of many Americans, such as a high unemployment rate, many loosing their homes, loss of faith in the economy and bank mass production of the automobile came the
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