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1 day ago · This article is about the severe worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). Unemployed people lined up outside a soup kitchen in Chicago. The Great Depression (1929–1939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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3 days ago · Young New Dealer Lyndon B. Johnson as president in 1964-1966 revived the energy and liberalism of the mid-1930s. In polls of historians and political scientists, Roosevelt is consistently ranked as one of the three greatest presidents alongside George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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1 day ago · In his book, Partners in Crime: Faustian Bargain, historian Ian Ona Johnson explains that in the 1920s and 30s (during the Spanish Civil War) Germany and Soviet Russia had entered into a partnership centering on economic and military cooperation. This led to the establishment of German military bases and facilities in Russia.
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5 days ago · A dust storm about to cover a home in the middle of the United States 1930s. During the 1930s, drought and massive soil erosion due to overfarming creaed a phenomenon of tremendous dust storms that blew across the country for eight years.
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6 days ago · In the first 100 days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term in office, the so-called New Deal agencies were launched to counter the great depression of the 1930s. Of the approximately 100 administrations, commissions and projects that were initiated, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) [also called Work Projects Administration ...
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3 days ago · Edsel Citation. The Edsel Citation is a classic American car known for its unique vertical grille and distinctive styling. Produced during a single model year in 1958, the Edsel brand faced ...
6 days ago · Planning, Slum Clearance and the Road to Crisis in Newark. David Levitus. Looks at how Newark politics and policies of the 1940s and 1950s contributed to the conditions that resulted in the riots of 1967.
