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New York Life During the Thirties

In five pages this paper presents a fictitious life story of a Brooklyn, New York woman who lived during the Great Depression and ...

Comparison of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

In seven pages this paper examines these two U.S. presidencies in terms of individual philosophies and the impact the Great Depres...

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 ...

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...

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...

The Return of Depression Economics by Krugman

Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...

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...

The United States of the 1920s

nothing makes quite as much of a statement as does a bathing suit, a garment made for the purpose of swimming but something that w...

Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Its Opposition

the "loyal opposition" that he believed is needed in order for the two-party system to work best. He opposed FDR seemingly at eve...

Amerian Society and Economy as Presented in John Ford's Stagecoach and Ann Banks' First Person America

of such changes that occurred during the 1930s. A number of the First Person America interviews focus upon the sharp class consci...

Working Life in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

held a dance as a means by which to temporarily relieve their minds of the perpetual anxiety that intrinsically accompanies povert...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

Was Huey P. Long a Villain or Hero?

In five pages the life of Huey P. Long is examined within the context of Glen Jeansonne's biography Messiah of the Masses Huey P....

Economic Development and Roles of Investment and Savings

In three pages this paper discusses how economic development during the Great Depression was influenced by the roles played by sav...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Macroenvironment and the Impact of Family

During the Depression, people simply made do with what they had. There was little if any excess income in most families, and peop...

America and Changes Brought About by FDR's New Deal

place to sleep and food to eat. While the stereotypical liberal democrat may appear to be kinder, the Republican side defends its ...

Life After Retirement

was in her teens throughout the final years of the Great Depression, 1929 - 1939. Her father was a barber whose business was not ...

Life of Tillie Olsen in Her Stories

may not have gotten married (there is apparently no certificate of marriage ever recorded) (Gelfant and Graver 424). Samuel Lerne...

Catholicism and the Poor by Dorothy Day

poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...

1865 to 1945 American Economy

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

U.S. History and Manifest Destiny from 1865 to 1939

America would accomplish this destiny "under God" (Manifest destiny). This belief would give America all the justification it nee...