Congress had recently taken a break from reconstruction in order to assess the the economic recession we were facing. The Panic of 1873 was the worst recession our country had ever faced. People were losing their land and banks were going bankrupt. The economy was in ruins and we were unable to continue our work on Reconstruction alongside trying to recover the economy. Many average Northern Citizens were also pleading that we focus on the economy rather than the civil right of African Americans
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Over the course of history, there have been many presidents that have created a lasting impact on the United States. One of the most controversial and influential presidents was the 37th president Richard Nixon. During his term, Nixon made important decisions about the issues during the time period;however, not all of his decisions were favored by the public. Nixon was born on January 3, 1913, in the small town of Yorba Linda, California. He was raised in a big family of five children born to Hannah
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President John F. Kennedy in his speech about street prices expresses his disdain towards the increase of street prices. He conveys his feelings regarding the actions of individual steel corporations and their injustice towards the interests of Americans through pathos, logos, diction and tone. Kennedy begins his speech towards the rise of steel prices by acknowledging the rate at which the cost of the steel prices increase. He then uses pagos in his speech to effectively evoke emotional appeal
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Back to Work! Will We Ever Get To Retire? This article talks about a woman named Martha Perry. Martha had worked hard for many years until she retired. She owned a small business, which she sold for around 1 million dollars. She figured from her investments and Social Security that she would be set for life. This was not at all what happened to her. When the stock market took a downward fall in 2008, so did her money. She went to her accountant who told her that her investments had lost half of
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a Senator presents a letter to the President calling for colonization of the East. In this letter, he states that the United States has a surplus of resources but not enough consumers. This lead big businesses in the United States to a search for a new market that would expand the range of steel and oil
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Progressivism was a political and social movement that lasted from the 1870’s until WWI. The characteristics of the era were optimism, a push for growth and improvements, equal rights, and labor equality. There were many influential progressives during the time that fought for the causes they believed in. One of those people was Louis Brandeis. Louis Brandeis was a lawyer. He was also the first Jewish justice appointed to the Supreme Court. He fighted for the general public and engaged in Muckraking
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Social security was first adopted in the year of 1935. Income security was the main goal of providing social security which is achieved through retirement benefits. The career earnings were the foundation of an individual’s retirement. However replacement of income from the allocated time worked remained the primary foundation of social security. Social Security benefits expanded over the course of time to include benefits which covered the spouses, survivors, and the disabled. An individuals earning
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after a spouse passed away. In the 1990’s, bills were passed that required all Social Security payments to new beneficiaries to be made through Electronic Funds Transfers instead of mailing a check at the beginning of each month. They also added measures to prevent new non-citizens from receiving benefits and all existing non-citizens would eventually stop receiving benefits. Lastly a new counterfeit resistant Social Security card was
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In the 1900s people (mostly volunteer organizations) started to concern themselves with the needs of poor people. In the 1930s and 40s was the Industrialization and The Great Depression and it was known for unemployment, poverty, urbanization, and child abandonment. Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 which provided unemployment help and aid to dependent children. Former president Bill Clinton and the Clinton administration put an end to the Aid to Families
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Act which was “dedicated to large scale irrigation projects in the American west”. (History.com) The act set aside 2 million acres for forests, reserves, and wildlife. After winning his second term as president, Roosevelt really put forth his Square Deal Programs and formed the Interstate Commerce Commission which was the first regulatory agency. In 1906 he pressured Congress to pass the “ Pure Food and Drug “ and “ meat inspection acts” , and created agencies to protect the consumers. He used “ Muckraker
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