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    has used this money to buy trading post, the Northern Cheyennes now have a very successful livestock cooperative, and many other tribes have thrived off this money. “The government provided federal grants to local school districts, hospitals, and social welfare agencies to assist Native Americans” (Alden Stevens). With these grants the Native American tribes can now not only grow economically, but also in their education and health. Nonetheless, these programs to help the Native Americans were…

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    was different to the First New Deal in that it sought to implement several liberal, and sometimes controversial, social reforms. The most important element of the Second New Deal was the passage of the Social Security Act which was the first national welfare system to be implemented in the United States. This act established a system of pensions, welfare benefits and unemployment insurance for all Americans which remains in place to this day. In addition to passing this legislation relating to…

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    The Great Depression was a time of poverty, low income, and the decline of population. Many children weren't able to go to school, many workers lost their jobs or received less pay. "When the stock market crashed in 1929 the United States went through one of the most dramatic and fastest changes in history. The previous decade and been filled with the lively spirit of freedom and youth, and in a matter of days the entire mood of the country changed bringing everything with it, including music."…

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    within the New Deal implemented hope into the peoples’ lives and ensured security through its production of various programs and laws passed and allowed easement through the Great Depression. Thus meaning, the New Deal was overall a success because without it, they may have never have been lead to World War II which did put an end to this distraught time period. ` During the early 1930’s Roosevelt’s New Deal allowed security in the banking system, which gave citizens a new outlet of trust that…

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    examples of the various programs put in place by the government and what companies can do to reduce poverty in America. After the Great Depression when the elderly of the nation could no longer work, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put forth a social security program. Through this program, employers and employees would contribute to a pension fund that will be used to pay the elderly as well as future generation of senior citizens’ payable upon retirement. This bill did not completely…

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    Social Security is an important thing that benefits people who are of old age or people who are deaf, blind, or disabled but what people don’t know is that the New Deal, which was President Roosevelt’s economic plan, made that possible. The New Deal was in response to the Great Depression which was a difficult time for most Americans as industrial production fell and many Americans were left unemployed and the banks themselves were going down because of the loans that Americans took out and…

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    The Welfare State Q3) Explain the reasons for the introduction of social reforms (e.g. pensions) by the liberal government between 1906 and 1914. Historians debated the welfare state and believed Beveridge’s liberal reforms had limitations though agree it did change attitudes towards poverty and that the welfare state had undergone a fundamental shift. While Gladstone was very much non-state intervention is based on the concept of balanced budgets, low taxes, and often referred to as…

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    had benefit us was that it enforced that stock markets and banks to be regulated. Because many people had went to the stocks to receive their income for their family, there is an even more need for this stock regulation ("What We Do," n.d.). The Securities and Exchange Commission helps monitor the stock markets so it does not become a disaster again. It had gave people more trust into the stock market and gave people…

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    Due to having faced unemployment starvation and repossession; many American citizens began to believe that their luck had shifted. Roosevelt established New Deal Programs in response to the depression, the policies carried out by the programs successfully addressed the three r’s; relief, reform and reform. Unfortunately, the programs did not help recovery from the crisis. Franklin D Roosevelt’s response gave relief to Americans, improved public welfare and expanded the power of the government.…

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    is not broken, why take steps to fix it? This is a grammatically correct spin on the old adage that seems to haunt humanity, and the American government in particular. It is often difficult to see impending doom until it is too late to tell. Social Security was created in 1935 in response to a national crisis that started with a stock market crash, continuing with years of economic decline. What started as a simple way to help older Americans recover what they lost for a few years, turned into…

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