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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a national nightmare. During the 1920's, many Americans had started to equate their self-worth with their material possesions. When the Great Depression struck, people felt worthless. The worst unemployment rate was 25% in 1933(13-15 million). When President Roosevelt came into office, his administration passed legislation that aimed to stabilize industrial and agricultural production, create jobs, and stimulate recovery. They called it the 3 R's. -
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Great Depression
America's worst unemployment rate was 7.8 percent.After the stock market crash of 1929 and the collapse of more than 40% of American banks by 1933.The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. -
20th Amendment
-The 20th Amendment was written because the constitution was ratified to reduce the amoiunt of time lame duck Presidents and Congressmen had to push policies before the new administration and legislators took over. -
Robert Taft
-Taft was the Senate's Main opponent of Franklin Roosevelt's 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 & businesses restore the nations economy instead of relying upon government programs to end the Great Depression. -
Migrant Mother
Ms.Lange was hired by the government to photograph the effects of the Great Depression. Her images revealed her compassion for the poor. Her photographs of migrant workers helped draw attention to desperate conditions in rural America and helped to underscore the need for direct relief. -
Dust Bowl
Cooler than normal temperatures over the Pacific Ocean and warmer temperatures over the Atlantic created the dry climate necessary for the drought to occur.