(National Industrial Recovery Act). ... Within this Act the N.R.A (Nation Recovery Administration) was set up. ... (Agricultural Adjustment Act). ... The reason why this Act had so much opposition was because farmers had started to put the prices of food up at a time when thousands of people were starving. ... Even though Roosevelt's New Deal had some success, it had a lot of opposition. ...
Since America had continually been increasing it's industrial power, it had an enormous amount of capitol to invest as it saw fit. ... Even industrial workers, whose strikes for higher pay had availed them little in previous decades, benefited. From 1922-1929, the national income was up 40% from $60.7 billion to $87.2 billion, (Cronon 341). ... The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. ... When Germany refused to pay all that was demanded, Fra...
On March 11, 1941 Congress passed the Lend-Lease act. ... Richardson of the Pacific Fleet was in full opposition to the long stay at Pearl Harbor. ... Richardson felt that the Japanese would realize the military disadvantages of being stationed at Pearl Harbor, and would be quick to act on the situation. ... Many of Japan's Navy General Staff was in opposition to Yamamoto's plan, but they continued to prepare for the attack. ... Recognizing this embargo as an act of war, Japan eventually responded with the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor. ...
This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. ... Washington put his newly acquired freedom to use when he started a black industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. ... Led by Carrie Chapman Catt, women suffragists formed the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in...
