A Dramatic Era
The streets were mobbed with people, it was a mad dash to sell your stocks and get to the bank before you were financially ruined. Everyone was in a panic, the Stock Market was crashing, the country was going into shock. 1914-1945 was a dramatic era, the roaring twenties started it out as prosperous and ever changing. But on October 24, 1929, the fast pace life in America stood still. The stock Market had crashed, leading the country into the great depression. It was the most devastating economic issue we have ever faced as a nation. In 1939 WWII took many young men away from their families, the war lasted until 1945. (“Disillusion, defiance, and discontent:” 689-701) An event that had a major impact at the time on Americans was the great depression. It devastated the nation so Greatly we never thought we would recover. Furthermore, an important figure in this era is Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he came into office he presented the nation with the New Deal. He gave the American people hope and a reason the keep fighting through the Great …show more content…
Roosevelt had promised to help America overcome the depression, and so he presented the New Deal, programs that set precedent for federal government to support economic and social affairs of the nation. In 1935 it assured unions the right to organize and bargain collectively. The Social Security Act aided farmers and migrant workers (Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2.1). Financial aid in 1935 helped the elderly, unemployed and sick, when they could no longer hold a job. The New Deal aimed to assure that the political benefits of American capitalism were distributed more evenly among the American citizens. The Works Progress Administration, more commonly known as the WPA, it built and improved structures in our country while employing thousands of American Citizens. While the hardships in America were slowly improving, our number of unemployed still remained in the double digits, but that would soon
The streets were mobbed with people, it was a mad dash to sell your stocks and get to the bank before you were financially ruined. Everyone was in a panic, the Stock Market was crashing, the country was going into shock. 1914-1945 was a dramatic era, the roaring twenties started it out as prosperous and ever changing. But on October 24, 1929, the fast pace life in America stood still. The stock Market had crashed, leading the country into the great depression. It was the most devastating economic issue we have ever faced as a nation. In 1939 WWII took many young men away from their families, the war lasted until 1945. (“Disillusion, defiance, and discontent:” 689-701) An event that had a major impact at the time on Americans was the great depression. It devastated the nation so Greatly we never thought we would recover. Furthermore, an important figure in this era is Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he came into office he presented the nation with the New Deal. He gave the American people hope and a reason the keep fighting through the Great …show more content…
Roosevelt had promised to help America overcome the depression, and so he presented the New Deal, programs that set precedent for federal government to support economic and social affairs of the nation. In 1935 it assured unions the right to organize and bargain collectively. The Social Security Act aided farmers and migrant workers (Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2.1). Financial aid in 1935 helped the elderly, unemployed and sick, when they could no longer hold a job. The New Deal aimed to assure that the political benefits of American capitalism were distributed more evenly among the American citizens. The Works Progress Administration, more commonly known as the WPA, it built and improved structures in our country while employing thousands of American Citizens. While the hardships in America were slowly improving, our number of unemployed still remained in the double digits, but that would soon