THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Supported immigrants coming to America
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Supported the US Army in defeating the Central Powers during WWI.
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Supported the Theory of Evolution and the pseudo science of Eugenics
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Supported the government taking a larger role in the welfare of its citizens.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration) and the WPA (Works Progress Administration) provided jobs to thousands of unemployed Americans in construction and arts projects across the country. The NRA (National Recovery Administration) sought to stabilize consumer goods prices through a series of codes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief meant that the president wanted to help those in crisis immediately by creating jobs, bread lines, and welfare. Recovery was aimed at fixing the economy and ending the Depression.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Deal was responsible for some powerful and important accomplishments. It put people back to work. It saved capitalism. It restored faith in the American economic system, while at the same time it revived a sense of hope in the American people.