THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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CCC
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TVA
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WPA
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The CCC, also known as “Roosevelt’s Tree Army, ” was open to unemployed, unmarried U.S. male citizens between the ages of 18 and 26.
Detailed explanation-2: -Starting in 1933, the federal government set up labour camps in Northern Ontario for single, unemployed, homeless Canadian males. The camps were also known as unemployment relief camps. The men were housed, fed, clothed, received basic medical care, and given twenty cents per day for discretionary spending.
Detailed explanation-3: -Known as ‘Hoovervilles’, these encampments cropped up across the United States during the 1930s as unemployed people were evicted from their homes. They were named after Herbert Hoover, the much maligned Republican president who Americans blamed for the economic disaster.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -In the short term, New Deal programs helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression. In the long run, New Deal programs set a precedent for the federal government to play a key role in the economic and social affairs of the nation.