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When Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated president in 1933, he acted fast to provide relief to those who were in need. On June 8, 1934, Roosevelt sent a message to congress that guaranteed a plan for social insurance as a safety net “against the hazards and vicissitudes of life.” Then, only fourteen months later, on…

Despite following the start of The Great Depression and leading into World War II, the 1930s surprisingly saw significant development of what is now one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, Hollywood. This time period is frequently referred to as “The Golden Age of Hollywood” or the period of classical Hollywood cinema since…

The 1948 election has been called the biggest political upset of the 20th century. No one, except for Truman himself, believed that the President would be around for a second term. Pollsters, political commentators, and even members of Truman’s own Democratic Party thought that the election would go to Republican Thomas Dewey. The results of…

In november of 1940s ‘Franklin D Roosevelt was elected president. In 1941 with the japanese bombing of pearl harbor the united states enter WWII . Roosevelt and the country faced a major conflict. In 1945 WWII would end , but a different kind of war would begin. Born out of mistrust from former allies ….

The fall of the Stock Market in 1920 started a string of developments that drove the United State towards its innermost and prolonged financial catastrophe known to man. It would be easy to say that the stock market fall was the main cause that led to the Great Depression. If there had been a strong…

FDR truely tried to help the people and wanted to make a change. He was mostly successfull with his New Deal Program. Each Program helped a different part of the the country and its people. Focusing only on some programs which were in the long list of programs in the New Deal program, it shows…

Abraham Lincoln’s effectiveness as president of the United States was so great that in all these years, and those before his time, no president has ever come close to equaling his achievements. Lincoln is known as a humble, honest man whose presidency irrevocably altered our society. He took office in a time of turmoil for…

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history–the Civil War. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president. Early Life Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin (now Larue)…

George Washington Steven Sims Social Studies 8-6 4/5/99 Born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, he was the first son of his father Augustine’s second marriage; his mother was the former Mary Ball of Epping Forest. When George was about three, his family moved to Little Hunting Creek on the Potomac, then to Ferry Farm…

George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri at about 1865 as a slave child on Moses and Susans farm. Born and raised by his mother Mary, George was always having a whooping cough. One cold night, night raiders or slave robbers, came and took Mary and George from their home. The Carvers hired their…