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    Herbert Hoover and His Role in The Great Depression With the continually worsening conditions‚ and the stock market crash on Black Tuesday‚ October 29‚ 1929‚ the United States was thrown into the biggest economical disaster of our history. Everyone‚ excluding the rich upper class‚ became poor and most unemployed. The majority of the American populace found themselves living in ‘shantytowns’ or ‘Hoovervilles’ as they later became to be known‚ which consisted of many cramped shacks constructed

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt said‚ ”The only thing to fear is fear itself.” He had said this to show people that he will take care of the problems the United States were having‚ and he proved it as they got through the “great depression.” and through “World War II.” He had started a thing called “100 days” that gave unemployed people many jobs. Franklin grew up on a big farm with his mom and dad and brother‚ he had wanted to work with politics and later in his life was in state senate for New york City

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    #3 President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the thirty-second president of the United States‚ was a central figure for the United States in the 20th Century. While leading his country out of The Great Depression‚ he also led the nation through World War II. Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first President‚ led the country during the Great Depression and his policies enforced at that time eventually led to his downfall because of their inability to end the downward economic spiral. Both of these Presidents greatly

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Federal Reserve’s Role in Causing the Great Depression ------------------------------------------------- Daniel Weber ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Fadhel Kaboub ------------------------------------------------- Fall 2010 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 in response to several financial panics

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    UNIT 5 Study Guide: The Great Depression and the Americas Overview: The Great Depression had a monumental effect on American society‚ and its effects are still felt today. Franklin Roosevelt‚ the architect of the New Deal‚ is considered by many to be one of America’s greatest presidents‚ and he was the model for activist presidents who desired to utilize the power of the federal government to assist those in need. The origins of the Great Depression can be found in economic problems in America in

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    Could whites and Indians have lived peaceably in the trans-Mississippi West? I do not think that the whites and Indians could have lived peacefully in the trans-Mississippi West. I believe this is because of the ways the Indians were living and hunting. Also with how the whites were not concerned with their customs and only had a one track mind on what they wanted of their land. The government “attempted” to keep peace by pressuring the Indians into treaties that were only broken and then new ones

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    prevent another Great Depression‚ starting with the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s‚ can be effective today.  The Great Depression caused many Americans to lose their jobs‚ their homes‚ their dreams‚ and aspirations. Roosevelt created the “New Deal” in order to rebuild the economy and prevent this from happening again. The “New Deal” consisted of three goals: relief‚ recovery‚ and reform. One safeguard put in place that can be successful today is the creation of the Federal Relief Administration

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    Material The Great Depression Part 1 Complete the chart by filling in each president’s views on the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt Causes of the Great Depression *Weak agricultural and industrial growth in the US was due to foreign competition with domestic businesses‚ and a solution that helped both domestic and foreign economies grow mutually was not necessary. *The lack of individual and voluntary response to the depression‚ especially response

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    These two presidents are almost total opposites in their morals‚ political views‚ and their beliefs on how to stop the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover was a faithful family man‚ as far as we know‚ and is viewed as one of history’s most incompetent presidents. They named the shantytowns that they had to live in during the Great Depression Hoovervilles after his failure to stop the Great Depression. FDR had a mistress that he cheated on his wife with every chance he got and is believed to be one

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    There were many primary causes for The Great Depression‚ Unequal distribution of money to the economy‚ and the stock market speculation‚ and much more which all played a major factor for The Great Depression. The Great Depression impacted everyone‚ it impacted different people of all kinds of backgrounds. It was a low time for Americans in the 1920’s‚ and for other countries also. One of the causes were Uneven Prosperity‚ 0.1% of families made 100‚000$ a year‚ and 80% had zero savings. 200

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