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Economic weaknesses in the 1920’s

Amendment 18 and the Volstead Act: No person shall on or after the date when the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Unites States goes into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this Act, and all the provision of this Act shall be liberally construed to the end that the use of intoxicating liquor as a beverage may be prevented.
Scopes Trial: A school teacher named John T. Scopes was found guilty for teaching

Evolution in 1922. The Scopes trial signaled the end of fundamentalism. A network of

schools, churches or colleges where its doctrines could be taught to future generations.

Bonus Army: In 1932 congress had promised veterans of the war cash bonuses to be

disbursed in 1945, but while The Great Depression was in effect, the veterans were

suffering in need of their bonuses early. Thousands of veterans organized the Bonus

Army to march on Washington.

Hawley-Smoot Tariff: A vain attempt to balance the budget with Tariff protection.
Tennessee Valley Authority: was an idea of FDR’s was to eradicate poverty by the

Conservation of natural resources. A land of farmers and share croppers, without medical

care and good schooling. Within 10 years huge damns and hydroelectric plants were in

operation along the Tenn. River, providing flood control, cheap, abundant power and thousands of jobs. Increasing the per-capita.
Court packing: a bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. It was soon dubbed the "court-packing bill." On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt addressed the American public on his plan.
No I don’t believe the stock market crash caused The Great Depression, but it did contribute to it. The unbalanced distribution of income...