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The Great Depression
was a national nightmare during the 1920s many Americans had started to equate their selfworth with their materials possesions -
Robert Taft
~ Taft was the Senate's main opponent of Franklin Roosevelt New Deal domestic policies, he felt the New Deal socialism
~ During his first term in the Senate Taft criticized what he believed was the inefficiency and waste of many new Deal programs and business -
20th Amendment
was written because the constitution was retified to reduce the amount of the time lame duck Presidents and Congressmen had to push Policies before the new administration and legislators took over -
gold reserve act
most private possesion of gold forcing individuals to sell it to the treasure after which it was stored in the as ballon depository at fort knox normally -
Migrant Mother
Ms. Lange was hired by the gov to photograph the effects of the great depression. Her images revealed her compassion for the poor there photographs of migrants workers helped draw attention o desperate conditions in rural America and helped to underscore the need for direct relief