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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I think it was perhaps the most important thing that happened to me. ... She talked her way into a series of apprentices, perhaps the most important with Arnold Genthe. ... tance.# During World War II, Lange worked first for the U.S. War Relocation Authority, then the Office of War Information. ... Dorothea Lange's 1932 White Angel Breadline is one of the great photographs in this world. ...

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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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During the 1920's the United States was in a dream world. ... Improvements in mechanics and the arrival of new inventions eliminated many jobs in the factories and prior to the loss of jobs people felt no need to be cautious with their money leaving them broke. ... The unemployment rate continued to stay in the double digits until 1940 when World War II supplied jobs for the masses (Samuelson 1). ... The lucky ones met people along the way who felt compassion for the young hoboes traveling on their own and took them in giving them clothing and shelter for a period of time. ... Ma'...

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Prior to World War II, both Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. ... Although, Germany eventually lost World War II, Hitler did much more with much less in Germany when compared to Stalin. ... After World War I, Germany was the country that was most heavily affected by the global economic collapse that followed the war. ... By 1933, Hitler had turned Germany into a war machine and the phrase, "Today Germany, tomorrow the whole world "3. ... He rose to power in a Germany that had a floundering ec...

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WWI took its toll on the American citizens with war debts and manual labor. ... Perhaps the two most important groups were the AAA and the CCC. ... The CCC gave jobs to more than 2 million out-of-work young men (18 to 25) to build roads, trails, cabins, and campgrounds. ... It was a trade war that exacerbated the downturn in the 1930's. ... Many countries around the world are simultaneously in an economic decline. ...

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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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The United States was on top of the world as a society, a nation, and most importantly, as an economy. ... This shock reverberated throughout the world. ... The country did not fully recover from the Great Depression until World War II, and the resulting increase in demand. ... Others would agree that the saving and creating of 2 million jobs is an extremely large impact. ... The world would not let the U.S. fail because that failure would throw the world into utter disarray. ...

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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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