THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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they believed that Americans need Social Security
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they believed in individual responsibility
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they knew the stock market was going to crash
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they knew the only way for people to end the Great Depression was by creating more programs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Taft was the leader of the Republican Party’s conservative wing; he consistently denounced the New Deal as “socialism” and argued that it harmed America’s business interests and gave ever-greater control to the central government in Washington.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering.
Detailed explanation-3: -They thought the New Deal gave government too much power, was stifling individual freedom, and was too involved in telling businesses how to operate.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.