... -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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... , 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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... . Although Lewis and Clark did not find this route, the expedition succeeded in making peaceful contact with Native Americans and uncovering a wealth of knowledge about the peoples, geography, plants, and animals of the western United States (Encarta Encyclopedia). John F. Kennedy assassination: On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, an assassin's bullets killed John ... case Russia decided to bomb the nation. Also every product was rationed- you would obtain a ticket and that ticket would limit the amount of food, toiletries, etc. that you would...

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