... confident in their economy and in their government. Many Americans had experienced prosperity in the last decade, and believed that it would continue. On January 1, 1929, an editorial in the New York Times stated, "It has been twelve months of unprecedented advance, of wonderful prosperity. If there is any way of judging the future by the past, this ... and the wealthy that invested in it. He signed the Revenue Act of 1926 that lowered federal income and inheritance taxes. The Secretary of Treasury at the time, Andrew Mellon, was a main influence in cutting taxes, and he was able to low...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Inland Empire. The great depression most lasting impact in the Inland Empire would come about through President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal reforms. Although the depression meant hard times for people it would lead Washington State to greater prosperity. One attorney would write, "Sweet are the uses of adversity ... fields fallow. In order to preserve what food they grew farmers began to can their food. A newspaper article in the 1930's explains this transformation. "The short span of a few years has brought a new and thriving industry to the farming district to the south of Spo...

• Word Count: 2049
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• Grade Level: High School