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<a href='http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt' >the president roosevelt new deal
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The Geat Depression beagan in 1929 and early in 1940
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On December 7 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The United States responded by borrowing over 1 billion dollars to build up its military. As a result, U.S. manufacturing jumps by 50%. In 1939, the GDP had started to grow again and the unemployment rate was falling. In 1939, the unemployment rates were at 17.2%. By 1942, the unemployment rate was under 5%.
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the 1930s is one of the most studied periods of American history, and facts about the Great Depression are interesting to read. Scholars have studied the economic calamity from all angles and amassed an immense collection of facts about the depression. Some products and sayings we still use today have their roots in the Great Depression. - See more at: http://great-depression-facts.com/#sthash.qyFEyEhS.dpuf
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Roosevelt began his second term confident that the election results gave him a strong mandate from the American people to continue making sweeping changes. However, he quickly ran into problems with his plan to reorganize the federal judiciary and faced a serious downturn in the economy in the late summer of 1937. Dealing with these issues slowed the momentum of the administration's legislative agenda. Moreover, with war clouds gathering over Europe and the Japanese threat in the Pacific, the pr
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Not all those who worked for New Deal employment programs were young. As of November 1937, 43% of all WPA workers were 45 years old or more.
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier.
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The start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland; Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
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World War I, also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918
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Chicago, like many urban areas, was mired in a housing crisis. From 1930 to 1938, 18,221 units were demolished while only 7,619 new homes were built. The 10,602 unit deficit was exacerbated by the 60,517 families who moved to Chicago looking for work during the Great Depression. By 1937 the vacancy rate was a disastrous 2.1%.4 The city benefited from federal efforts, receiving grants and federally-guaranteed loans to build housing for low-income Chicagoans. The programs were unprecedented
