... in gas-guzzling SUVs chattering on CELL PHONES, the majority of people on this planet live in HOVELS, without electricity, running water, or sewerage, and have only their feet or animals for transportation, getting by on $2 A DAY. Of all industrialized nations, the U.S. gives the one of smallest proportions of its wealth for non-military foreign aid . No wonder they hate us ... thugs). So who is the enemy? And what are citizens supposed to do for the war effort? During World War II Americans were told to buy WAR BONDS and ration gasoline. Bush tells us to buy CARS! The War on Terrorism ...

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... -29 to $135 in 1932 - a 71% decrease" 14 People could not afford to purchase products produced because there was a lack of purchasing power. Also the wages were not sufficient to buy products because producers had to consider prices for overhead, the high cost of credit and the profits into the sale price of the product. In some areas, prices dropped to ... , dirty conditions to cope with, and non-productive work to do. One explanation of the treatment in camps: "In relief camps we weren't treated as humans, we were treated as animals and we were just statistics." 19 Other forms of aid we...

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Economy In 1920, Germany was producing less then half its original economy before World War I. The agriculture began to fail due to all the animals that were eaten in the war, this caused a lack crops for food. In May 1921, the reparations for World War I were set by the Versailles treaty costing Germany 132 billion ... had a better economy then any other country in the world and its people gained new benefits. The GI bill gave money to veterans of the war to attend college and buy homes and land for farms. This allowed them to raise large families and the countries population grew. This als...

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... , the HOLC refinanced mortgages of middle-income homeowners. The AAA tried to raise farm prices. It used proceeds from a new tax to pay farmers not to raise specific crops and animals. Lower production would, in turn, increase prices. k. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (May 1993) The TVA helped farmers and created jobs in one of America s least modernized areas. l. Works Progress Administration ... the plants. It could not take the risk, that after the war was over, they would be left with no orders or too much product left and no one to buy it. So the government, through the Reconstruc...

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... when he presided a factory in which many Jews worked. In the movie Schindler's list, directed by Steven Spilberg, we can see that during this time, the Jews were seen as animals and they had to work for the Nazis. If they could not worked, they were killed brutally. Generally, the people considered incapable to work were the people and the elderly ... lives ended. When Oskar Schindler got his wealth, he realized that he was not as happy as he tough he would be. After seeing a lot of murders he decided to "buy" as many as many Jews as he could to make them work for him so that they could...

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... goods were rationed - 12 million African Americans, 50,000 Native Americans, and 2 million women worked on army supplies - to control prices, the government raised income taxes and encouraged Americans to buy war bonds - Nisei (native born Americans who's parents were from Japan) were moved to detention camps in other states because of war hysteria and FDRs executive order; they had to ... saw USSR as their greatest enemy; afraid they would expand into East Europe - Hitler wanted wheat and oil fields there - surprised USSR; they enacted a "scorched earth policy-; burnt fields, killed an...

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