Public Works Administration

Roosevelt’s prime objective was not destructive of trusts, but a concern that the public not suffer unduly because of trusts.” The coal strike of 1902 would usher in a new kind of progressive politics. TR would make his wish for government intervention a reality with the advent of his trust busting campaign. Roosevelt would use the power of the executive branch as a means form dismantling monopolies in the private sector. A prime example of TR’s trust-busting policies was his 1902 battle…

value went down the owner would lose their beginning investment. Another big problem with stock was Insider Trading. Two or more “insiders” would exaggerate the value of the stock making it seem more than it really was. They would then sell it to the public which means citizens were buying stock that didn’t have any initial value. In addition to Insider Traders, there were people buying on Margin. People would borrow…

The Great Depression was a period of time between 1929 and the late 30’s in which unemployment rates skyrocketed and America’s economy was hanging on by a thread due to multiple triggers one of which was the stock market crash. The two long-term causes of the Depression were the decline in industry growth and the overproduction of crops. Industry decline was one of the main factors that contributed to the Depression because former consumers no longer had the means to pay for goods or services…

such as national parks, so he established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)8. With the CCC, this is was a way to help preserve the environment such as national parks. This environmental issue in the end, although ended in 1941, was able to provide work for the unemployed who were able to get paid thirty dollars monthly after the program ended. In this case, this was not a matter of identifying a problem then resolving it, but an issue that he wanted so he made it happen hoping it would…

kids that wanted money from their parents. The parents were unable to give the kids money since the entire family had no money. Based on Document 1, a young kid was able to work to get paid. This made the kid work for their money to support the family and him/her. The New Deal made it possible to have anyone able to work, to get paid and support their own needs and their family. The more money the family was able to get from anyone, made it possible to support each other and get a better…

Could you imagine the United States with people dying of starvation, no job opportunities with millions unemployed, houses being sold, and no way to receive money from the banks? That’s how the United States was during the Great Depression. The Great Depression started in 1929 when the U.S. stock market crashed. Chaos broke out and everyone was freaking out as to why the banks were closed. People were quickly depositing money out of the banks, and items, like cars and homes, were being sold for…

When the Great Depression hit millions of people began to starve because they could not afford the raised food prices. “One million undernourished children have benefited from the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) school lunch programs” (Ellen S. Woodward). The government created the WPA that provided millions of students in school with a well balanced meal. In just under two years 80,000,000 hot, nutritious meals were served…

displacements of the work force and community’s caused families split up or migrate elsewhere in search of work. While the country continued to sink deeper and deeper into the Depression, residents, those who lost their homes, began to build ‘Hoovervilles’ or ‘shantytowns’, built of packing scraps of crates, abandoned cars, or anything they found to be useful (McElvaine, Robert S.) (Leuchtenburg, William E.). Clusters of families would roam the rails as hobos in search for work, but in…

family incomes. Programs like the National Youth Administration (NYA) gave young people a chance to work for pay to help their families (Doc. 1) . These jobs often helped students afford to continue going to school. Without programs like the NYA, many parents would not have been able to support their families, and their children would not be able to get the education they need. The New Deal also brought about programs such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that helped provide poor…

vvThe book Of Mice & Men written by John Steinbeck was published a couple of years after the end of The Great Depression. During The Great Depression Era social responsibility was important because people were losing their jobs, houses, and healthcare. Social responsibility means helping individuals and obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. In the book there are two main characters named George and Lennie. George knew Lennie through Lennie’s Aunt Clara and when she past away he…