Death and Empty Seats The year is February 1778, 18 miles away from Pennsylvania in Valley forge. We are dieing slowly,one by one, most of us are either sick or dead. This was intended to be the colonial army’s winter camp but instead it has turned into a graveyard. I am leaving because of the death count and illnesses,the diary of Dr.Albigence Waldo,and finally the engraving of the committee of congress. I was told that valley forge was going to be a breeze and the colonial army would be back on it’s feet in the spring,but I was wrong.
Valley Forge was a camp that the Continental Army stayed at during the winter for about 6 to 7 months. They stayed there with little food and supplies, while disease was spreading. I would stay at Valley forge even through the hardships. These are the times that tests men souls.
The United States went into a period of calamity right after the stock market crash commenced in 1929. Many Americans faced challenges throughout the Great Depression struggling to feed their families. Of course, actions were taken to combat the economic crisis and its’ whole array of problems. Some of these actions being the acts/programs passed by both parties, President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to combat the high unemployment, poverty, and food rationing.
Summer Soldier of the US If I was a soldier at Valley Forge I would leave for the harsh winters. Valley Forge is a winter camp set up by General Washington for his continental Army. This camp had harsh winters and many people died of Illnesses. The estimate of illnesses written by researchers in 1974 (document a), it shows how many people die from sickness. 50% of the people die there and that is equal to a 50 50 chance of dying.
When World War II ended, the United States rejoiced with what they assumed their victory would determine; total peace, the discontinuation of Communism, the return of all the dearly missed soldiers, and greater equality for all, especially in the workplace. Much to the dismay of many citizens at home during the war, these aspirations were not exactly what they expected. In the near short years right after the war, there was much prosperity and many were perfectly content, but in these years, many had difficult times with the changes that occurred after the war. With these rough times came many fears of the conditions of the country, but many of these fears were greatly calmed through the work of the President Eisenhower in the 1950s. In the
The programs created by the New Deal satisfied the needs of citizens, even though several thought Roosevelt was overstepping his power. Roosevelt’s administration was not very effective in ending the Great Depression, however, some of the programs did help relieve
During his first term in office, he took on programs and policies to relieve the effects of the depression, collectively known as the New Deal. During this time, many social policies were passed to specifically aid the working class. Some of the acts Roosevelt implemented were the Glass-Steagall Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Works Progress Administration, the National Labor Relation Board, and Social Security. All of these acts were put in place to aid the working class, and prevent the severity of future depressions. The outcome of the New Deal gave a new role for the federal government, which is the partial responsibility for the people’s financial
Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt thought that it was the government’s job to protect and provide for the people during this time. To combat this immense issue occurring, FDR proposed what was known as the “New Deal”. This consisted of the proposition of many new agencies to provide relief, recovery, and reform. Historians called this the “3 R’s”. Each one of the r’s were for a certain task: relief for the struggling and needy, to recover the economy, and reform the system financially to ensure that a depression never happened again.
During the misfortune month of October of 1929, the United States experienced one of the most horrifying depressions of them all. Starting with The Wall Street Crash of 1929, America commenced feeling the terrifying symptom of the Great Depression that would last for several exhausted years. Surrounded by millions of unemployed citizens starving to death, the government changed the philosophy of how the government should help their people to prosper. Later on, the dedicated 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, would take the position on 1933 and would present his astute program, the New Deal. Roosevelt explained his plan with detail as the Three Rs, for which they stand as Relief, Reform, and Recovery.
In times of fear and hysteria in the U.S. it is mass chaos and it only gets worse and worse. During the time of both the witch-hunt eras, whether for communist or actual witches, they prove to have many similarities between them. Both of these times were full of confusion and lying which lead to the temporary downfall of the authority at that time. Joseph McCarthy proved to be a factor in this time and add on to the chaos that was America. Arthur Miller wrote about these times in a book called The Crucible, based on the witch trial era.
The U.S. had been in the Great Depression for roughly four years and the economy showed no signs of being revived. Once in office, Roosevelt started his New Deal Program designed to provide relief, recovery, and reform so the country could get back on its feet and not experience another depression. Relief legislation included the Emergency Banking Relief Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the Federal Emergency Relief Act. The National Industrial Recovery Act, the Glass-Steagall Banking Legislation, and the Civil Works Administration (CWA) comprised the recovery aspect. Finally, there was the reforms, which included the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, the Wagener Act (also known as the National Labor Relations Act), and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Franklin Roosevelt made some policies to reply the depression:To rectify the banking and finance department, ordered the bank closed for rectification, the gradual recovery of bank credit, and abandoning the gold standard, the dollar devaluation to stimulate exports. The adjustment of industrial or industrial Renaissance to prevent the blind competition caused by overproduction "NIRA" and "blue eagle movement; according to the National Industrial Recovery Act", the industrial enterprises to formulate fair business rules in the industry, the production scale of the enterprise, the market price level distribution, wage and working hours, to avoid blind competition caused by overproduction, thereby strengthening the regulation and government control
The 1929 Great Depression was one of the most severe time in American history. As Unemployment reached uncontrolable heights and millions of people lost their funds and savings, Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted aspirations to the American citizens in their time of need. FRD’s administration and his New Deal provided a broad government that entirely changed the role of the US government. Even with everything FDR did, the United States economy never liberated itself to completeness and certainly not from the Depression. One thing that could be said about the New Deal was its influential power on the involvement of gvernment in
Franklin D. Roosevelt approached his electoral position with new innovative ideas to overturn the unemployment crisis. Roosevelt aimed to bring relief and initiated the Temporary Emergency Relief Act (TERA). The emergency relief fund put funds into the hands of unemployed workers. Under Roosevelt’s presidency came the New Deal that opened many channels for social programs and labeled America as the Welfare State. Roosevelts ideas suited the economy at a time when relief was necessary and needed.
FDR decided to close all banks temporarily. The New Deal was a set of laws such as the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) to support farm prices, the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) to employ young unmarried men to work on public lands and national parks, and the NRA(National Recovery Administration) which regulated wages and prices. Other laws were used to regulate the stock market, provide relief to the unemployed and insure bank deposits. By 1936, signs of improvement in the economy showed. Unemployment had dropped from 25 persent to 14 persent, but FDR faced criticism for increased government spending and unbalanced
