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    the stock market crash, severe unemployment, poverty, the Dust Bowl, creation of the New Deal, and the less distinguished Second New Deal, under the courageous President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There has been many disagreements about the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act, which are key programs in the Second New Deal. The main arguments against the WPA are that it hired lazy people, spent too much money, and was a political scheme. The main problem with the SSA was its…

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    purpose was to promote recovery by interrupting the trend of wage cuts, falling prices, and layoffs. The CWA promoted industrial growth as well as increased the number of jobs available for unemployed workers. Another form of work relief was the Works Progress Administration. The WPA’s purpose was to simply provide jobs for the unemployed. These laws all helped to decrease the rate of unemployment, and proves that the New Deal was successful in that aspect. However, it also failed because it…

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    Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress and a top ally to Hillary Clinton, has been accused of shielding sexual harassers and fostering a toxic culture that subjected victims to punishment for speaking out, according to BuzzFeed News. BuzzFeed reports that 19 former and current employees at CAP have made allegations against Tanden and the company for protecting sexual predators and punishing those who dared speak out against inappropriate behavior. CAP is a far-left…

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    During the 20th century (1929), the United States was hit with a huge Stock Market crash and this basically started events that would drag the US into a large depression. President Herbert Hoover was the unlucky president to have been in power when the crash took launch . Hoover believed the cause of this depression was international, and he solely believed that restoring the gold standard would drag the US out of depression by restoring international trade. He initiated many domestic works…

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    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…

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    In the 1920s Americans were in the decade of prosperity and confidence. Towards the end of the 20’s was the start of the great depression that greatly affected everyone. That included business,government,economics,and many more. The groups that were changed drastically from the 1920s to the 1930s was the economy, women and african americans due to the great depression. The 1920s were the golden ages for the economy ,but after in the 1930s the economy faced a difficult struggle and government…

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    to receive an education. Another example of the relief provided by the New Deal is found in Document 6, where evidence is given on how the Works Progress Administration provided well-balanced meals for schoolchildren throughout the country. Many children have to travel many miles in order to reach school, and for most of these children, the Works Progress Administration provides the only hot meal of the day. This program of the New Deal was able to provide a much needed nourishment for the…

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    In 1929, the notorious Black Thursday triggered the Great Depression, which was an economic downturn in the US during the 20th century. Two long-term causes of the depression were the Dust Bowl that led to agricultural downfall and the decline of consumerism that led to the crash of companies and employment. In 1928, Hoover was elected. However, when the depression started, Hoover did not bolster his failing nation because of his own beliefs, which were rugged individualism which is how citizens…

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    On October 29th of 1929, a day deemed “Black Tuesday,” one of the biggest events in history occurred: the crash of the stock market. At the end of the “Roaring Twenties,” a period of major economic prosperity, America was bewildered by an event so unexpected that it shook the nation and caused utter chaos. Thousands rushed to their banks only to realize that what they had before was gone. The wealthy, the poor, the middle class, and everyone who invested in stocks or used banks were all greatly…

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    of the National Youth Administration where she was able to put efforts towards allowing African Americans to obtain an equal portion of the money that they remained entitled to from the NYA. Furthermore, many African Americans benefited from Works Progress Administration work relief programs. This program provided jobs to many unemployed individuals, a lot of them having no skills which was great for giving them opportunities without experience21. But this was not evident throughout the country…

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