After world war 1 Britain has a post-war boom. ... Cotton textiles Lanacashire dominated world market in textiles before ww1.But then after the war we invest a lot of money into machinery in the cotton industry and therefore begin to spend a lot of inappropriate money. 2 reasons why we begin to lose are - (1) other countries begin to produce for themselves - often using machinery (2) other countries begin to protect their markets with tariffs possibly a third - introduction of nylon By 1938 the the total world trade in cotton textiles is now only two thirds of the exports alone for...

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It is hard to generalize the lives of millions of Americans, but the values of Americans in the fifties were shaped by two major events: the Great Depression and World War II. ... After the hardships of the Great Depression and World War II, Americans were eager to embrace a new type of family life. ... The United States emerged from World War II as the most powerful country in the world only to have a constant enemy competing for power and domination "Russia. ... With the Cold War and atomic age in full force, the family provided stability in unstable world. ... Between 1945 and 1960, th...

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When the soldiers returned to the United States after World War 1. ... The American depression produced severe effects overseas, especially in Europe were many countries had not fully recovered from World War 1. ... The economic agricultural and relief policies of the administration under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did a great deal to alleviate the effect of the depression and most important to restore a sense of confidence the American people. ... The world had been in shock and also it financial distress of there own from the effect of World War 1. The United States was in this mess...

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The Great Depression is something our nation as well as the rest of the world will likely never forget. The time period from the early 1930s to –in some cases – the end of World War 2 was the worst depression of the 20th century and is still used as an example of just how bad our economy can get to this day. ... Jobs were lost, businesses completely shut down, and people who once considered themselves well to do plummeted below the poverty line. ... When the effects of the Great Depression began to become palpable in her area and closed her own business, Lange couldn't help bu...

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In 1914 Hoover chaired the American Relief Commission, which helped 150000 Americans return home safely from World War One. He was continuously helping Americans during the war, which pleased the people. ... One of the most important parts of the recovery section of the New Deal was the National Industrial Recovery Act which was aimed at getting people to work permanently, which then they would be able to buy more because they had more money, and then stimulating the economy. ... Way over 2 million employers cooperated with these new guidelines. ... Also the New Deal did bring hope back to...

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Keynes wrote about the experience the novel The Economic Consequence of Peace, where he argues against the reparations placed on Germany after the war. ... This is the reason why people were so content with their laissez faire economic policy. ... Keynes gained so much support because he predicted the economic problems that came after World War I and his creation of the World Bank after World War II5. ... In the Figure 2(http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl's=wpd&c=dsp&k=Keynesian+economics), IS represents an aggregate of factors and ultimately total output, or GDP, and when governme...

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During World War I the federal government had subsidized farms, and paid really high prices for wheat and other grains. ... This made sense during that war when we were sending food to other countries. But, when the war ended, the U.S. unexpectedly stopped its policies to help farmers. ... It's important to keep in mind that during the war the government was paying farmers roughly $2 a bushel for wheat and after they government urged farmers to obtain debt the war ended and the government paid farmers only .67 cents a bushel. ... I think it takes the control of the word back to the peop...

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Depression was felt world wide especially in America and Britain. ... The most important change involved lowering interest rates. ... Work was created in these areas as ships and weapons had to be built for World War 2. Another reason for recovery was due to the fact depression was world wide. This meant prices had fallen all over the world and this had led to a consumer boom as people who had money could afford products as prices were cheap. ...

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The people in America needed immediate relief. ... It gave jobs to about 2 million people and kept them busy on projects such as schools, roads, Dams, community schemes etc. ... As more and more people went back to work. ... However, the S.S.A. was very important because it cushioned' the effects of the 1938 depression. ... However, unemployment went back down in 1940 because there was a great demand for war goods due to the problems arising in Europe. ...

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