1. The Great Depression
... of the economic system." During his first 100 days Roosevelt called for a variety of measures such as the Emergency Banking Act, which closed banks until "public confidence could restored," and also got the nation off the gold standard. New Deal measures such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, The Works Progress Administration, and the National Youth Administration, provided hundreds of jobs ... for out of work, destitute young men, jobless actors and painters, as well as high school students looking to make some extra cash to help out their families. These jobs ... employed a very l...
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