Part one of term paper
“There are very few things that we can know before hand. We will try, and if we decide that we are wrong, we will have to change.” --Franklin Delano Roosevelt about his promise of ‘a New Deal for the forgotten man.’ These are the words of a courageous man who demonstrated inspiration and hope to a country that had appeared to have spu ...

Part two of term paper
... trade was stagnant, homeless families roamed streets, farms were foreclosed; all faith in capitalism had diminished. The topple of the economy was caused by an uneven distribution of wealth that allowed for luxurious spending and gambling on the stock market, which encouraged large corporations to produce more than could be bought by consumers. A pessimistic Hoover had left the United States in the middle of its worst crisis since the Civil War. “It seemed as if they (the citizens of the United S ...