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- 471: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- ... 1932, a week before his fiftieth birthday, Roosevelt announced his candidacy for president Through his campaign speeches he preached of a 'New Deal' for the American people, one that would lift them out of the depression. Now he was going to fulfill his promise. Roosevelt did not sit back and watch the country take itself out of a depression. uests would be permitted to reopen and those that couldn't, wouldn't. Banks that couldn't meet withdrawals requests would, together with federal aid, meet the withdrawal demands(Lawson 48). Of the nineteen thousand ...
- 472: American Labor Movement: Development Of Unions
- ... Federationalist, 1) The National Labor Union in 1866 managed to establish an eight hour work day in 1868 for federal employees. However, it fell apart once their leader had died in 1873 and an economic depression swept across the nation. (1) The first large national labor organization to become popular was the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. It was founded in 1869 by garment workers in Philadelphia ... and two years later they had 3,260,000. (3) Throughout the twentieth century, union struggles increased and decreased. During the 1920s, the economy was high and generally prosperous for all Americans. The Great Depression in the 1930s was a time of hardship and poverty for many workers. Unions actually benefited with the help of Frankilin D. Roosevelt who promised Americans a "New Deal". The Wagner Act was passed ...
- 473: Alcatraz
- ... receive training, education and an opportunity to return to the Army. Prisoners convicted of serious crimes were not given these chances, and were discharged from the Army when their sentences were completed. During the great depression of the 1930s military budgets were cut, and the Army was considering closing the Disciplinary Barracks - a perfect match for the Justice Departments desires for a super prison for incorrigible prisoners. Negotiations moved rapidly, and ... at one time was 302, and as few as 222, but the typical average was around 260. Born of necessity, perhaps even political expediency, Alcatraz represents the federal government's response to post-Prohibition, post-Depression America. Both the institution and the men confined within its walls are a part of this era, and in order to be studied with any degree of understanding, it must be attended to with a ...
- 474: Western Expansion
- ... not travel long distances and as a territory had been occupied, families would move into the adjacent one. There were boom periods of great activity, during which million acres of land were sold, alternated with depression periods during which there was little further expansion of the frontier and many disappointed pioneers even backtracked from the west to the east. When the treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, the Americans had ... tried to settle this area and they were the first permanent American settlements in Oregon and became the centers of agriculture and cattle-raising. The great migration began in 1841 and was stimulated by the depression of 1837 with people with some capital hoping to make a fresh start. By 1845, there were 6,000 Americans in Oregon, and the United States government tried to make the 49th parallel as the ...
- 475: The New Deal
- ... be taken while running for president, the New Deal was the shinning hope for many Americans who had lost their jobs or were living in poverty. After the United States had plummeted into the greatest depression to face this country while Herbert Hoover lead the country, many voters were looking for anyone with a promising plan and a bright outlook. As banks closed and unemployment rates soared, Roosevelt promised a balanced ... to farmers for growing less acreage, but also provided parity payments for farmers who conformed to restrictions on specific crops like cotton and wheat. In one of the areas in America hit hardest by the Depression, the Tennessee River Valley, an act named after the valley was formed to create a "planned economy." The Tennessee River was to be dammed up in several places to prevent flooding in the area, create ...
- 476: The Twenties And Thirties
- ... most ways they are very different. The twenties were a time of fun and partying. This is probably the reason it is called the Roaring Twenties. All of the thirties were known as The Great Depression. It was probably called that because of the stock market collapse and the millions of people without jobs. In the twenties, industry took a very big step. The automotive industry was the largest industry there ... Babe Ruth was a great baseball star. In this, it appears that the depressing thirties and the Roaring Twenties are very different. Though they have some similarities it is still hard to compare the Great Depression and the Roaring Twenties. These time periods are very important. We can learn from the mistakes made then to promise a healthy future.
- 477: American Two Party System
- ... as the party of slavery and secession. Republican control of the national government lasted for 72 years except for the 16 years when Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were in the White House. The Great Depression of the 1930s had a powerful influence on American politics. The economic disaster helped Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, get elected as President in 1932. His first administration developed what has been called the New ... Democratic Party. Blacks, whose loyalty had been with the Republicans since the days of Lincoln, shifted their support to the Democratic Party. In spite of the upheavals caused by slavery, the Civil War, and the Depression, the Democrats and the Republicans remained the two major parties. This Democratic Party continued to dominate the Presidency for seven years after Roosevelt's death and, except for two sessions in 1947-48 and 1953 ...
- 478: Offensive At St. Mihiel
- ... While planning was taking place, the British continued to argue that the American Army stay under command of the British forces. General Pershing responded: I can no longer agree to any plan which involves the depression of our units....Briefly, our officers and soldiers alike are, after one experience, are no longer willing to be incorporated in other armies....The danger of destroying by such depression the fine morale of the American Soldier is too great.1 550,000 Americans and 110,000 French were involved in this offensive. The amount of tanks and aircraft desired by the American force for ...
- 479: WWII
- ... to be one of the main causes. At the end of WWI Europe was economically impoverished and politically divided. It faced the possibility of social revolution. During the early 1920's Europe experienced an economic depression and the course of European politics was determined largely by the communist revolution, which engulfed many countries. In the late 1920's Europe achieved a measure of economic recovery. However, all hope of political stability in Europe was shattered by the results of the depression that hit the United States in 1929. In the 1930's widespread unemployment and acute distress strained social relationships in Europe. The communist movement soon overwhelmed Europe. The triumph in 1933 of fascism, under the ...
- 480: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... his life to humanitarian efforts worldwide, never stopping to take a break until his unfortunate early death. Never in the history of the United States had there ever been such a terrible, long-lasting, economic depression then the one that began just before President Roosevelt ran for his first presidential election. Thirteen million people were out of work, about one quarter of the working age population and cities - as well as ... Roosevelts public works projects included all races, providing jobs for whites as well as blacks and asians. The actions of Roosevelt and his staff represent the epitomy of the will to survive the Great Depression. They never gave up, continuing to produce bills well into his second elected term. If a bill was deemed unlawful, as some were, he would review the bill, rephrasing it to make it legal while ...
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