1. Why did Franklin Roosevelt win the Presidential election?
For the American people the 1920s was a time of unlimited opportunities and wealth. America was the richest nation at this time and the wages of many ordinary people rose while the prices of goods did not. ... However some people such as farmers and black people missed out on this good life because they could not afford it. ... People lost hope in Hoover and did not feel encouraged by him , feeling that he did not appear to see the situation for ordinary Americans He proved this by saying: 'Nobody is actually starving', when the people of America were indeed starving. ... ...
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