Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. Truman Doctrine: The Truman Doctrine […]
Read More »➢ Federal Emergency Relief Administration : This agency was created to assist the states in caring for the unemployed. ➢ Public Works Administration : (PWA) lent money to local government for public works. It built offices, court houses, dams and highways. It spent on projects that could be carried out on public property. It’s activities […]
Read More »New Deal President Hoover tried to restore confidence so he urged businessmen to keep wages as high as possible and asked congress to vote money for new roads and buildings. Congress set up reconstruction finance corporation to lend money to banks, railroads and factories at low rate of interest. Hoover called off war debt payments […]
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