Why Did The United States Roar In The 1920's
The Year was 1918 and on the eleventh of November; the war to end all wars had lastly reached its culmination. Europe was left devastated by the ruins of once great cities and tremendous death. Entire generations were lost in the Great War. New nations were formed as well as new forms of political beliefs. For example, in Russia, the communist party arose from the ashes of the old Russian Empire. But It was also a time for Prosperity for countries like the United States. America will roar in the 1920’s. It was an age of melodramatic and political change. The Cleveland Indians won their first world series in 1920.On January 1, 1920 - For the first time, the 1920 census indicates a population in the United States over 100
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Herbert Hoover was running for reelection against a democratic politician named Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Herbert Hoover, was the man many Americans (perhaps unfairly) held personally responsible for their misery. The Democrats, who had elected only one president since 1896, knew they had a great chance at victory, and thus competition for the party's nomination was fierce. When FDR emerged victorious, he gave an acceptance speech in which he said,” I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own …show more content…
It brought hope to America in its darkest time. Men began to take pride on the things that they were able to achieve. It brought reinsurance to their hearts. Americans knew they had a job at the CCC and would return day after day because it paid. The U.S. economy needs money circulating and with all these new jobs, Americans were buying products and returning to banks. The effects of service in the CCC would feel for years, even decades, afterwards. Following the depression, when the job market picked up, businessmen indicated a preference for hiring a man who had been in the CCC, and the reason was simple. Employers believed that anyone who had been in the CCC would know what a full day's work meant, and how to carry out orders in a disciplined. The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of many Franklin D. Roosevelts’ greatest
Herbert Hoover was running for reelection against a democratic politician named Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Herbert Hoover, was the man many Americans (perhaps unfairly) held personally responsible for their misery. The Democrats, who had elected only one president since 1896, knew they had a great chance at victory, and thus competition for the party's nomination was fierce. When FDR emerged victorious, he gave an acceptance speech in which he said,” I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own …show more content…
It brought hope to America in its darkest time. Men began to take pride on the things that they were able to achieve. It brought reinsurance to their hearts. Americans knew they had a job at the CCC and would return day after day because it paid. The U.S. economy needs money circulating and with all these new jobs, Americans were buying products and returning to banks. The effects of service in the CCC would feel for years, even decades, afterwards. Following the depression, when the job market picked up, businessmen indicated a preference for hiring a man who had been in the CCC, and the reason was simple. Employers believed that anyone who had been in the CCC would know what a full day's work meant, and how to carry out orders in a disciplined. The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of many Franklin D. Roosevelts’ greatest