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How America Suffered in The Recession Of the 1930’s
Unemployment, hunger and food shortages affected millions during the Great Depression
Between the autumn of 1931 and the following spring, the casualty lists of the Great Depression grew like those of the First World War. More that 10 million people were unemployed but only a quarter of them were receiving any relief from the government or [...]
The New Deal: Ending The Great Depression
Roosevelt’s Plan To Rebuild America
The key to challenging the Great Depression in the United States was restoring confidence. When he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared,
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people”
The phrase New Deal caught on and came to symbolize the sweeping legislation that [...]