LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Increased unemployment
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Brought about an end to the Great Depression
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Increased employment through rationing
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Ended the Dust Bowl
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mobilizing the economy for world war finally cured the depression. Millions of men and women joined the armed forces, and even larger numbers went to work in well-paying defense jobs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manufacturing increased fourfold, the permanent population increased, and the urbanization and modernization of Texas were well underway. Many military installations closed at the end of the war, and some wartime boomtowns were all but abandoned. Because of World War II, the face of Texas changed forever.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt’s “New Deal” aimed at promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism. New Federal agencies attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, and create a vast public works program for the unemployed.
Detailed explanation-4: -New Deal programs offered some relief, putting people to work building parks, highways, and public buildings and helping to improve farmland and agricultural practices. The legacy of these programs can be seen across today’s Texas. Workers built bridges, dams and roads.