HIST 2P16 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dime (United States Coin), Mass Production, The Good War
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Brother can you spare a dime song. France and britain stopped paying back us banks and many had to close. In ww1 there were less demands for us goods causing them to go under. Because most married women did not work for wages, 1930. African american unemployment was double the white. Wealthy people and middle class did well. Agricultural depression through the 1920s and 30s. Withdrawal of federal government in the economy. Understood as an end to the progressive reform era. No safeguards in place to regulate economy, ensure stability, or provide a safety net. Les a fair- government is hands off in regulation. Many communities published names of people who got relear payments or charities. If you went for help you could not find it. People appealed to roosevelt for help in letters. Conflict between what you need to do to survive and values. Women joining the workplace because sectors hit hardest were sectors that employed men.
