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Capitalism and How It was Saved by FDR

as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...

The Great Depression

a continuing source of weakness" the true brunt of agricultures influence came with the Great Dust bowl and all the devastating re...

Evolution of the Nation

In addition, "[M]ost of the major railroads failed" (Panic of 1873, 2005). While the public tended to blame the government, the c...

Making America by Carol Berkin

The writer analyzes Carol Berkin's book Making America: Changes at the Turn of the Century, and relates such events, eras and peop...

1930s' UK and Economic Recovery

In five pages this paper examines how during the 1930s the United Kingdom was able to recover from the Great Depression in a consi...

Great Depression and Migration of Population

In thirteen pages this paper discusses migration patterns and how they were influenced by the economic hardships of the Great Depr...

The Banking Panics of the 1930s

would become insolvent. This was not so unusual. What was unusual about the 1930s-around the time that the Bailey Savings and Loan...

Racism and Class: 1890 to 1929

dealing with in regard to racism and discrimination actually can be traced all the way back to the original colonization of this c...

Book Report on William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Vol. 1)

with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...

Social Failure in Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie”

In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...

Economic Comparison of the Similarities Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan

In five pages this paper examines how Ronald Reagan employed FDR's 1930s' Great Depression era New Deal type policies to cope with...

US Great Depression and Unemployment

In nine pages this paper discusses the impact of the Great Depression on unemployment in America, with the primary focus being 192...

1929 Stock Market Crash and its Impact

In five pages this paper examines the effects of the 1929 stock market crash which caused the economic Great Depression, led to th...

Book and Film Versions of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath

In six pages this paper emphasizes class consciousness in a discussion of how class is portrayed during the Great Depression in St...

New Deal and the Great Depression

In six pages this paper discusses the New Deal policies' impact upon a Great Depression in an interview with someone who lived thr...

Optimism in Literature for Children During the Second World War

it serves as an "adjuvant or facilitator to treatment" (American Childrens Literature: A Bibliotheraputic Approach) for a child wh...

Great Depression and Economic Policies

and Medicare. With these policies people were no longer destitute if they were to lose their jobs. Legislation also sprang forth t...

20th Century United States and Social Welfare

those who want to help the poor, such as in the 1930s. There was relatively little opposition to Roosevelts New Deal because times...

Capitalism and Europe in the 20th Century

barbarism. Capitalism was at the forefront of crisis during this catastrophic period. Of the primary players that subjecte...

John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the Great Dust Bowl, and Families

and set off to search for a way to survive. They were a people, a family, that illustrated how "The movement of people on the Plai...

War Generation, Depression, and Infochild

with little respect for or understanding of any other generation that did not share in the same advancements. Harv just thinks Ma...

Stock Market Crash of 1929

dollars in the immediately ensuing crash (Galbraith 62). Up until the very end, it was possible to read encouraging reports of t...

Lloyd's Empire, Welfare State, Europe and British History

In seven pages England's economic and political structures and the effects of the Great Depression as portrayed by Lloyd's text ar...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Historical Perspective on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In six pages this paper examines this famous novel on the Great Depression and related social issues from a historical perspective...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

1929 to 1932 Period of the Great Depression in America

In sixteen pages this paper examines the events, government response, and societal implications of the first 3 years of America's ...

Causes of the Great Depression of the Thirties

great unresolved mysteries of the 20th century (Norton, 1997). When they do broach the subject more aggressively they often are v...

Analysis of the Great Depression of 1929

In four pages this paper argues that the Great Depression of 1929 was inevitable in a consideration of domestic and global economi...

Great Depression and Deception by the Media

In eight pages this essay examines the 1930s Great Depression and the optimist deception engaged in by the motion picture industry...