The Breakout of WW2, this is an essay about how WW2 started

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American History 252 Dr. Assignment # 3 During the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States launched an enormous industrial revolution that shaped the country into the world's leading economy. On the day of President Roosevelt's inauguration the depression had taken the country into economic chaos. He was forced to devise a plan that could restore the status of world power to the United States. The first step in Roosevelt's social reform plan was to have the national resources maintained better. The next step was to secure Americans from unemployment, old age, and sickness. The last step was to clear out the slums from the large cities that were breeding grounds for crime and disease. The President had to deal with the task in hand first, which was to stabilize the bank system in the United States. He ordered that all banks to close and only reopen if they were stabile.

Having dealt with the immediate emergency, he then started his recovery plan. He started the Resettlement Administration which was popular among the farmer and labor in the United States. The main focus of this administration was to improve the conditions for impovershed farm families. The Resettlement Administration was authorized to give loans to farmers for farm land and equipment. He also added a program for social security submitted by President Roosevelt and accepted bt Congress in 1935. This program included federal assisitance for states in forming old-age pensions and insurance for the unemployed. Among the Bills passed by Congress at its 1935 session were many laws touching nearly every part of domestic and foreign affairs. The rights of labor to organize freely and bargain for fair wages was reasserted in the National Labor Relations Act. Electric utilities involved in interstate transmission of power were brought...