“There are very few things that we can know before hand. We will try, and if we decide that we are wrong, we will have to change.” --Franklin Delano Roosevelt about his promise of ‘a New Deal for the forgotten man.’ These are the words of a courageous man who demonstrated inspiration and hope to a country that had appeared to have spun out of economic control, a country in desperation. On October 24th, 1929, the stock market crashed, causing a domino effect on the American public during the first years of the 1930’s. The standard of living dropped dramatically, millions, more than one-fourth, of people were put out of work, banks were closed, international trade was stagnant, homeless families roamed streets, farms were foreclosed; all faith in capitalism had diminished. The topple of the economy was caused by an uneven distribution of wealth that allow....

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