Great Depression
Social
Bonus Army The Bonus army was compiled with former soldiers and thier families from the U.S. government. They were promised money after the war and when it wasnt given to them it became a problem. Bonus army was marching and at soem times fighting against its own government for the food they were promised and a lot of them went hungry with their families.
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Rugged Indevidualism Rugged Indevidualism was the idea set in place by the president during his inogural adress. President Hoover Said "Pull yourselves up by your boot straps" meaning that in hard times we can persevear
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Economic
Hoover DamnThe Hoover damn was a project set in motion by president hoover mainly to allow workers to be payed. during the depression many people had little work so by starting this new project more poeple could be payed for the better
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Stock MarketThe stock market was a way of investion into other companies. Stock brokers would help people invest into companies and help average people make money. When problems in the company started the stock broker would want the loan back formt he average person and those people would loose all of their money. The ctock market eventually colapsed and became one of the main reasons for the great depression
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Political
100 daysThe "100 Days" are the first one hundred days that FDR was in office. It refers to all of the atepts he made to strengthen the economy and save the peoples money and jobs. He set up many programs such as social securite and tried to make people re invest into the nations banking system to re-boot the economy.
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(RRR) Releif, Recovery, and Reform are the three "Rs" of FDR. He choose sertain plans to make the country better and to try and start over in its place after the great depression. It was eventually succesfull and helped to restore faith int he Government and the Federal Reserve.
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Progress
WWII became a way for the Depression to end. It was a way for soldiers to be put to work so people could make money and started the American economy back up trying to produce goods to go over seas to fund the war. Without WWII the Depression could have gone on for years longer then it did and was a potentiol reason for a new success in America. It was a portion of history that found good times and bad, but allowed the country to learn from it's mistakes and make better decisions.