Tag Archives: FDR
Great President
When the Great Depression first began, President Hoover started a lot of programs that might bring some help for the depression but he failed; unemployment rate kept rising. Until 1932, FDR took Hoover’s chair as a new president and started … Continue reading
A Tale of Many Cities
The cities were tremendously affected by the Great Depression. One reason was unemployment. Many were unemployed and since the cities were overpopulated, majority of the citizens remained without a job causing the economic turmoil to be magnified; “Unemployment loomed as … Continue reading
Let’s make a deal
The Great Depression had a heavy negative impact on American cities. Due to this financial crisis, power of governments grew, on both a local and national level started to play a bigger role on society and economics. The national government … Continue reading