In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the United States went through a breakdown, sparked by the stock market crash in 1929, in their economic prosperity that they had experienced in the early 1920's as the United States fell into the worst depression in it's history. ... This depression continued throughout the 1930's, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism. ... Roosevelt's New Deal did not greatly improve the United States" depression. ... The difference between today and the 1929 stock market crash was simply what Roosevelt told the people in his speech...

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Most Americans today DO NOT remember the most severe economic crisis in American history, the Great Depression. ... The main factors that brought about the Depression were the unequal distribution of wealth, the government policy of favoring businesses and the wealthy, and extensive stock market speculation. ... The value of farmland fell between 30% to 40% between 1920 and 1929.... (Mcelcanine47) Stock prices began to fall in late September 1929. On Monday, October 21, 1929 the real sell off began. ...

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Then on Tuesday, 29th of October 1929, 16 410 000 shares were traded in the worst day in history of the New York stock market. ... This had nearly no effect because it was brought in too late; American exports in 1932 were less than a third of what they were in 1929. ... Hoover eventually realised that something had to be done about the Depression, so he set up an organization to help industry. ... He brought hope back to millions of people and helped tho whole nation through the Great Depression. ... By the end of depression it became obvious which presidents policies were more effective, R...

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Women also made their way into the workforce during and after the Depression. ... The U.S. was immediately out of the depression when the war started. ... Leuchtenburg's book explains many different views of the Depression era. ... The New Deal did not restore the economy to the levels of 1929, but it was an extreme political and psychological accomplishment. ... In the time span of ten years from 1929, the country experienced an era of hardship that saw the world through a new window. ...

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He held office during two of the greatest crises ever faced by the United States: the Great Depression and World War II. ... The stock market crash of 1929 destroyed the savings and livelihood of millions of Americans. ... His popularity allowed him to gain reelection as governor, which politically is a rare feat in the midst of depression. ... When FDR took office, the United States was deeply in depression and facing economic hardships. The beginning of the depression was marked by the Stock Market Crash in October 1929. ...

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The stock market crash of 1929 and the following Great Depression became the catalysts for reform. On Black Tuesday in 1929, stock prices suddenly plunged. ... (but) more than 71% of all 1929 dividend income went to the top 1% of the population" (McElvaine 15). ... Many in the lower class nearly praised Roosevelt as if he were a new- age prophet, for "In the eyes of many depression victims...FDR could do no wrong...early in the New Deal this belief was nearly universal among poor Americans" (McElvaine 14). ... Local governments and states were granted federal aid to improve the conditions of r...

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After the stock market crashing in 1929 the second section began, which is known as the New Deal Era. There was a dramatic increase in executive power due to the fact that FDR pretty much told Congress they had to give him the power to fix all the havoc that the Great Depression has caused because we needed to act extremely quickly as a nation, which is one of the reasons why we have an executive branch. ...

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Martha Washington 1731-1802 George Washington's wife was the first to be given the title "lady" by the press, as in "Lady Washington," and the first wife of a president to appear on U.S. postage stamp.   Abigail Adams 1744-1818 John Adams' wife urged her husband to "remember the ladies" when he w...

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