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The great depression
The great depression was a national nightmare. During the 1920s , many Americans had started to equate their self worth with their material possessions .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. -
20th amendment
The 20th amendment was written because the constitution was ratified to reduce the amount of time lame duck presidents and congressmen had to push policies before the new administration and legislators took over. -
robert laft
-taft was the senates main opponent of franklin roosevelts 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 gov programs to end the great depression. -
gold reserve act
The gold reserve act outlawed most private possession of gold forcing individuals to sell it to the treasurer after which it was stored in the us balloon depositor at fort Knox normally the nationalization of a commodity would have been a huge contraversity but the gold act was seen as a necessary step to ending the great depression . It shock value was also moderated by the fact that an executive order had already made the private ownership of trading gold a criminal offense -
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. Her photographs of migrant workers helped draw attention to desperate conditions in rural america and helped to underscore the need for direct relief.