THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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) The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
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The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
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The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
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The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Roosevelt Administration was a time of great expansion of the Federal Government, including the formation of new Departments of Commerce and Labor; an addition of almost 150, 000, 000 acres of public lands as public conservation areas; new laws protecting the health of Americans; and regulating the drug industry.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.