There are many different reasons as to why Roosevelt introduced his New deal to America.

Why did Roosevelt introduce the "New Deal"? There are many different reasons as to why Roosevelt introduced his "new deals" to America. Although many can be disputed, there are some that are unquestionable. The Wall Street Crash happened on 24th October 1929 and led to the Great Depression. In America, through the 1920's, new industries and new methods of production developed. America was able to use its great supply of raw materials to produce steel, chemicals, glass and machinery that became the foundation of an enormous boom in consumer goods, making America more prosperous. Many US citizens invested on the stock market, speculating to make a quick profit. This great prosperity ended in October 1929. People lost confidence as rumours spread that the boom may be over, the stock market crashed, the economy collapsed and the USA entered a long depression. Poverty, unemployment and homelessness became big problems. In the great boom of the 1920's many companies were doing well. Many people bought shares in these companies 'on the margin'. Between 1920 and 1929 the number of shareowners rose rapidly from 4 million to 20 million. There were thousands of inexperienced speculators, all buying shares in companies that they knew nothing about. They didn't understand how well the company may do, they just followed others' advice and stories in the newspapers and invested to make a

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Qb)Were the artists of these two posters for or against Prohibition

Were the artists of these two posters for or against Prohibition? Q (c) The two posters in question are focusing on the reasons why alcohol has been banned in some states later leading to the national campaign for prohibition. Both posters have similarities and differences and the only way to correctly answer the question is by comparing and contrasting the different features of the posters. Both posters were published before WW1, before the constitution of the 18th Amendment. This proves that they are both primary sources. This means that they were both published at a time where it was possible that the publishers were pressure groups that were for prohibition or could have been influenced by pressure groups or propaganda from the government who were also for prohibition. Parties who were for prohibition wrote both of the sources. Both sources show their objections of alcohol through the moral argument. Source C concentrates on the economic argument. I can see this because the source shows a large picture of how a husband is wasting his weekly wages by spending all of it on alcohol. Source C also shows objections of alcohol through a moral argument, a quote that firmly exhibits it is. 'The poor man's club. The most expensive club to belong to'. This quote exhibits the husband's asinine drive to exhaust his precious weekly wages on alcohol, which pales in comparison to his

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Prohibition. Source A is from an American history book it was published in 1973. Source B is from a book about American history and it was published in 1979. Both sources clearly agree on prohibitions consequences,they clearly agree that after the law

History Coursework a) Source A is from an American history book it was published in 1973. Source B is from a book about American history and it was published in 1979. Both sources clearly agree on prohibition's consequences, they clearly agree that after the law of prohibition organised crime was increased. Source A gives many reasons why prohibition was introduced for example "Bad influences of saloons, preserving grain for food, although I believe the most important reason was "Anti saloon leagues." Both sources A and B both agree that the law of prohibition rapidly increased organised crime. It shows that the more people wanted to drink and people were happy to supply. By 1928 there were more than 30,000 speakeasies in New York. Both sources agree that prohibition led to gangsters and Bootleggers. The only differences between the two sources are source A gives many reasons why prohibition was introduced. Such as "Bad influences of salons." Source B on the other hand only states one reason to why prohibition was introduced. It was because of the Women's Temperance Union. They had joined a crusade to fight alcoholism. Overall sources A and B are both quite similar they both agree that prohibition was a failure. Although they both disagree on some factors. In source A there are many reasons as to why prohibition was introduced, in source B there is only one. b) In

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America in WWI

America in World War One On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serbian Student who was furious at Austria-Hungary's interference in Serbian affairs, shot the heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife. With this one act, he set off an explosion that would rage through Europe and rip it apart for the next four years. The impact would be felt all over the world. It took only a month for a war to break out between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that at first was thought only to be a local conflict. Two powerful military alliances were the created; on one side was the central powers consisting of Germany and Austria-Hungary, on the other were the allies, with France, Italy, Britain (and its empire), Canada, Russia, and eventually the United States. There was four years of slaughter and destruction across Europe and more than 120 000i U.S servicemen dead. America entered the Great War on April 6, 1917. Up to that then, The U.S had tried to keep out of World War One - though they had traded with nations involved in the war - but unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced by the Germans on January 9th, 1917, was the primary issue that caused Wilson, who was president at the time, to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. Four days later, America joined World War One on Allie side. Germany's use of U-boats pushed America into a corner and

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History essay "The United States"

Coursework The United States 1919 - 1941 In source A I am going to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Roosevelt's role in the new deal. Source A is taken from "From America in the Twentieth Century", an American textbook by James T Patterson, 1918. This is a secondary source probably based on many primary sources as the writer wasn't around at the time of the events. It shows the entire warm hearted and a good side of Roosevelt. It lacks detail and mainly shows Opinion one side biased which is a weakness. However it does provide a clear point of view on Roosevelt and the new deal, it's easy to understand although the language is rather over the top. It is also very informative and talks about "fireside chats" answering the "avalanche of mail". Source E shows figures from the United States government. This is a primary source as the figures were made at the time of the events. The figures show the percentage of unemployed from 1929 to 1933. During 1933 Roosevelt said he was going to get the American economy started and introduce the new deal. Unemployment rises due to depression. In 1934 unemployment starts to drop due to the new deal, but in 1938 Roosevelt stopped the money coming into businesses causing unemployment to rise again. Eventually Roosevelt realised this and put the money back in, unemployment the decreased. Source F is a leaflet printed and circulated

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What were the effects of the depression on the USA?

What were the effects of the depression on the USA? At the end of the 1920s the United States went in to the Great Depression. The depression affected the American people awfully, it threw millions into unemployment and also throwing several millions into lives of famine, homelessness and hopelessness The depression devastated the Americans and starvation was a real threat to the American people. An example of this was in Chicago where some women would pick rubbish for scraps of food for their family. The millions of unemployed and their families had to live with hunger, exhaustion and the fear of homelessness. Many people were forced into homelessness because they could not afford to pay for the rent or mortgage. Families in this position built themselves slum homes made out of wood, boxes and any other materials that they had managed to find on dumps. Shanties were known as 'Hoovervilles' which was a harsh reference to the president who was evidently doing very little to help them. The fact that these areas were called Hoovervilles shows what the people thought of President Hoover. They even called the newspapers that they covered themselves to sleep with 'Hoover blankets'. The unemployed were forced to queue for charity hand-outs in lines because they had no unemployment benefit to help them; some of these lines were 10,000 long. Other needy people were dependent on

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Wall Street Crash, stock market crash in the United States in 1929.

Wall Street Crash, stock market crash in the United States in 1929. In 1927, after having focused on investing abroad and with the US economy growing stronger, the financiers based in New York's Wall Street turned their attention to their home market. As they bought into the stock market, so the prices of securities rose. As they bought more and more, prices went higher and higher, and ordinary investors were attracted to invest by the apparently effortless boom that was created. By the middle of 1929 it was estimated that about nine million Americans (out of a population of 122 million) had capital invested in the stock market. Many invested all their savings, encouraged by incompetent or dishonest advisers. Companies were set up with misleading or even fraudulent prospectuses and, such was the faith in the market's ability to deliver extravagant returns, their shares were quickly snapped up. In March 1929 Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as president, and his predecessor Calvin Coolidge ventured the opinion that share prices were low. But some were beginning to worry that, like all bubbles, this one must burst. The Federal Reserve Bank raised the interest rate, but only by 1 per cent, and it advised banks not to lend clients money for stock market investment-advice later retracted as a result of pressure from one of its directors, who was heavily involved in stock market

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John D. Rockefeller wrote source E at the start of the introduction of prohibition, at this point he was very much in favour of prohibition.

John D. Rockefeller wrote source E at the start of the introduction of prohibition, at this point he was very much in favour of prohibition. He describes how he had changed his opinion due to increasing crime and drinking. He was originally for prohibition because he didn't want his employs coming in ill after a night of heavy drinking. Source F, which was written by John F Krane, was the first prohibition commission so he would have to be for prohibition due to his job. He says how he will be enforced everywhere. I believe source E is more reliable as evidence because it says how even the most orthodox Drys changed their views about prohibition. Where on the other hand source F just shows one side of the story and is written by a government official so it will be biased towards prohibition. Source G shows that the agents who were enforcing Prohibition from 1921 to 1929 had uncrossed the amount of skills and spirits they had seizing. What this also shows is that they weren't able to stop the production of alcohol because they were finding and seizing a lot more. So the question arises whether they were actual performing better or whether the production was getting so out of control they first couldn't avoid finding lots of alcohol. This source was produced by the federal government so there is a chance that they may of edited the results to opera better than they

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New Deal Essay

The Great Depression, an era of great poverty, misery, and hopelessness, proved to be one of the most dreadful time periods in all of America's history. During the Great Depression, dreams were lost and having a moderate amount of food everyday became a difficult challenge for many. Nonetheless, through the dark clouds, appeared the next president of the United States: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. By offering hope in his inaugural address, Roosevelt boosted morale and despair from the country for he had developed 15 methods to help the American people in this time period of melancholy. Congress approved all 15 procedures, which were part of the president's New Deal program. Regardless of it's potential to change America completely; many criticized the New Deal for being unconstitutional. However, during the New Deal reign, it stood strong and helped the country of America, more than it didn't. When Roosevelt became president, it was quite clear that banks were no longer trusted and that many banks were financially in trouble. As a consequence, Roosevelt decided to create a bank holiday, meaning that all banks were to be closed for a few days. On March 9, it took only Congress a few hours to pass the Emergency Banking Act. This act gave permission to the government to examine all banks and allow those that were financially performing well, to reopen. Roosevelt then

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To What Extent Did The Depression Have An Impact On Society In Britain During The 1930's?

To What Extent Did The Depression Have An Impact On Society In Britain During The 1930's? In 1929 a significant event occurred in America, which was to affect almost the whole world. The 'Wall Street Crash' plunged America and many other countries into a state of depression that would last the best part of 10 years. This all came about because people began to take their shares from the stock market, which was because they had lost faith in it. A huge misdistribution of wealth and money also played a key role in the Depression. The unequal distribution of money was between the rich and the middle class, between the industry and agriculture within the United States, and between the United States and Europe. It slowly increased throughout the 1920's. The increased manufacturing output added to the gap between the rich and working class people. The output (of production) increased a lot while the worker's wages only increased a small amount. Because of the unequal distribution of money, the economy became unstable. The large amount rumours about the stock market kept it artificially high, and it eventually led to huge market crashes in the future. As a result, the American economy was left in ruins. Due to this America called in all of its loans to other countries in order to recover, but this also left these countries in a state of Depression. What made it worse was

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