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the great depression
the great depression was a national nightmare during the 1920 many Americans had stared to equated their seaworthy with the material passesions when the great depression struck
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stock market crash of 1929
More people invested in the stock market than ever before
Stock prices rose so fast that at the end of the decade some people became rich overnight by buying and selling stocks
People could buy stocks on margin which was like installment buying
People could buy stocks for only a 10% down payment
The buyer would hold the stock until the price rose and then sell it for a profit -
20th amendment
the 20th amendment was the -
Robert Taft
Taft was the senate's mar opponent of Franklin Roosevelt new deal domestic polices , he felt the new deal society
during his first term in the senate Taft criticized what he believed was the inefficiency and wasted of many new deal programs and business restored the nations economy instead of relying upon government programs to end the great depression -
migrant mother
ms.lange was hired by the government to photograph the effects of the great depression . her images revealed her compassion for the poor, ther photographs , of migrant workers helped draw attention to desperate conditions in rural america and helped to underscore the need for direct retwef -
gold reserve act