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the great Depression
the great depression was a national night mare. during the 1920s many Americans had started to equate their self worth with their material possessions. when the great depression truck people felt worthless the worst unemployment rate was 255in 13-15million when pres Roosevelt came in office his administration passed legislation that aimed to stabilize industrial and agriculture production. creat jobs and simulate recovery they called the 3 Rs -
robert taft
was the senates main opponetof franklin roosevelt deal domestic policies he felt the new deal sociallismn. during the first term in the senate taft critizized what he believed was incuficient and waste of many new deal progranms and buisnnes restore the nations economy instead of relying upon governments programs to end the great depression -
gold reserve act
outlawed most possession of privet gold forcing individuals to sell it to treasure after which it was started in the us ballon de pository at fort knox normally the nationalization of a commidity would have been ahagecontroversye but the gold act was seen as a necessary step to ending the great depressio it shock value was also moderate by the fact hatan exicute order had already made the privatre ownership or trading gold a crimijnal offence. -
migrant mother
ms lange was hired by the gov to photograph the effects of the great depression her images revealed the 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. -
20th amendment
was written because the constitution was ratified to reduce the amount of time lame dick presidents and congressmen had push policies before the new administration and legislators took over