when the Great Depression hit my country in 1929. During that time‚ I was the president from 1925-1940. It mainly affected our economy and society. Those 15 years spent as a president of a notable country‚ was harsh and challenging. As a president‚ you were responsible for the country’s economic‚ social‚ and political state. Your people have so much trust in you‚ that when anything happens to the country‚ you are the “cure” for it‚ or you are to blame. To begin with‚ the Great Depression of 1929
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Movies were starting to show more violence and sexuality. Women were coming out of their shell so to speak. They were starting to dress and act much differently than ever before. Women were now showing a side that was not ever seen before in film. Such stars of the 1930’s Greta Garbo‚ Marlene Dietrich‚ and Bette Davis appeared self confident and sexy. Before this women were seen as housewives and not much more. Even outside of movies women were seeking much more independence. They were now looking
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Kids Coping with Crisis: Children Throughout The Great Depression Starving and desperate‚ ranging from eight to eighteen; children‚ spread from coast to coast with one common goal in mind-to survive. The 1929 crash of the stock market left families across the country confused and chaotic. Through personal diary entries dating from the 1930’s and illustrious flashback’s detailing life for children during the Great Depression‚ it is evident‚ through their different backgrounds their need and hope to
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War‚ was a conflict between England and France‚ was not actually a single war that lasted a hundred years; instead it was a series of wars interspersed with periods of peace that began in May 1337 and ended in October 1453. The three main conflicts were the Edwardian War won by English king Edward III; the Caroline War won by French king Charles V; and the Lancastrian War won by French king Charles VII. The Hundred Years’ War was the outcome of disputes between the ruling families of the two countries
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11/26/10 The Great Depression was a time of agony and strife for the people of the United States. During this time period‚ of the 1930s‚ altering of the American social fabric occurred in the sense of family ties‚ underlying beliefs/values‚ and bonus expeditionary forces. The hardships after the crash of 1929 until the end‚ marked usually around 1941‚ caused families to come closer together and work together to survive. The Jacksonian ideals of independent and self-sufficient citizens were eroded and
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The years of the depression were a few of the worst years in American history. Multiple people attempted to revive the economy‚ but ended up worsening the conditions.When FDR took office in 1933‚ many people were hopeful for what his presidency was going to bring‚ but opinions varied. Some believed that Roosevelt failed to extend his reforms of the new deal far enough to impact the society‚ but others believed he did just enough to make a difference without taking advantage of the power given to
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The problem threatening the American economy in the late 1920s were several. Important industries that were struggling to stay into business like farmers‚ railroads‚ mining‚ lumber and automobiles. Farmers suffered the most because during WW1 there was a big demand for crops. Once the war was over‚ the demand for crops dropped and farmers could not make enough money to pay their loans and payments they lost their farms‚ Americans were buying on credit and soon couldn’t make their payments. Many
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AP US History Unit 9 Test: WW1 to the Great Depression 1) What caused American entry into World War I‚ and how did Wilson turn the war into an ideological crusade? A: Although America did not want to enter WW1‚ once German submarines sunk the American ship Lusetania‚ it killed American sailors. Instead of his original idea to spread peace‚ Wilson now wanted revenge. In his war message to Congress‚ he said that if America did not act quickly‚ the Western hemisphere’s ideals would be destroyed
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faces of hopeless starving young children‚ frantic men and women lining up in front of closed banks that held their life savings‚ and/or the homeless living in cardboard shantytown. America had been doing great in its industrial economy‚ that is until the Great Depression. The Great Depression was one of the darkest times in U.S. economic history leaving many Americans unemployed and struggling to survive. It all began with the stock market crash of 1929. The crash affected the banks and resulted
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of the workforce. While the crash of 1929 was not the only cause of the Great Depression‚ it did accelerate the onslaught of the global economic collapse and of the start of the Depression. After many failed attempts to revitalize America‚ Hoover lost his reelection bid in 1932 and FDR was elected president. Through his New Deal plans‚ FDR enacted many measures that helped to lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression and they fall into three distinct categories: relief‚ recovery‚ and reform
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