1894 * Pullman strike ***Agriculture recovery*** -farm security administration * assist the rural poor * loans to tenant farmers/ sharecroppers to buy land * only modesty appropriated - 2% obtained loans *** new deal& agriculture **** - overall - the new deal hastened transition of farming in to a business - only efficient and well capitalized farms were successful ***Relief of unemployment & destitute **** *1993 reconstruction finance corporation -$500 MM in assistance
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breadlines and selling apples on street corners‚ to feed their families. A New Deal for Americans By 1932‚ many Americans were fed up with Hoover and what Franklin Roosevelt later called his “hear nothing‚ see nothing‚ do nothing government.” The Democratic presidential candidate‚ New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ promised a change: “I pledge myself‚” he said‚ “to a New Deal for the American people.” This New Deal used the power of the federal government to try and improve the economy
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This meant that thousands were in debt‚ and when the Stock Market crashed‚ the banks wanted the loans back‚ and people could not pay so banks were also broke. The main aims of the New Deal were to help the farmers‚ give work to the unemployed‚ to help the needy‚ and to get industry back on its feet. The New Deal solved many problems‚ but either took some too far or not far enough. Roosevelt was prepared to spend huge amounts of money to accomplish his aims. There was a major wealth divide in
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U nited States of America 1 919 - 1941 PRESIDENT Woodrow Wilson pres 1913-21 Warren Harding pres 1921-23 Calvin Coolidge pres 1923-29 Herbert Hoover pres 1929-33 FDR pres 1933-45 PARTY Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat 1. Politics in the 1920s Republicans • Republican party dominated national politics during the 1920s • 1920- Warren Harding>16 million to 9 million votes>admin plagued by scandal veterans bureau Chief Forbes was imprisoned for squandering
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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in October of 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. It began in the United States and quickly spread to Europe and every part of the world‚ with devastating effects in both industrialized countries and producers of raw materials. International trade declined sharply‚ as did personal incomes‚ tax revenues‚ prices and profits. Cities all around the world were hit hard‚ especially those based on heavy industry. Unemployment and
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As we know‚ Roosevelt was famous for his contribution that succeeded in saving the U.S. economic by The New Deal‚ and to further strengthen the control of the state of the economy. In 1929‚ the U.S. economic crisis broke out. New York wall street stock market collapse‚ a quarter of the workforce was unemployed‚ two million were homeless‚ and the product is unsalable‚ and so on. The Capitalism basic shield is root cause. The Market supply and demand to appear shield is direct cause. When Roosevelt
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immigration and migrations‚ technological change‚ new management and business models‚ the development of a consumer economy‚ the rise of a more active federal government‚ and the evolution of popular culture. The history of unions in the US is a story of workers’ struggle to organize unions and convince or force employers to recognize them for bargaining. From the
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the most memorable and accomplished US president despite his disability. He was born January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park‚ New York. FDR also grew up in Hyde Park and lived a privileged life. He went to high school at a private school called Groton and graduated in 1900. He went to Harvard and edited the “Crimson”. He graduated in 1903. He went to Columbia Law School in 1904 and graduated in 1907. Soon after‚ he fell madly in love with his sixth cousin‚ Eleanor Roosevelt. Her
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did the people take to survive‚ cope with poverty‚ pay bills‚ remain in their homes or on their farms‚ etc.? The purposes or goals of the New Deal programs you researched. For example: Was the program geared at providing relief‚ recovery‚ or reform? What actions were taken to accomplish its goal? What segments of society did it affect? The effect of the New Deal program on the lives of the people you studied. For example: Did the program help people and/or businesses? How long did it take for people
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Summary of the Speech by Franklin Roosevelt “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”: In his first paragraph‚ Roosevelt states that he is certain that his fellow Americans expect he will address them with honesty and a decision which the people will push forward. He also states that this is the distinguished time to speak the truth. That Americans should not shrink from honestly facing conditions in their country today. America will endure as it has endured and will revive and flourish
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