Government and Economy 1865-1940

Reconstruction of the South

banks conspire to pressure to government to increase money supply

population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealing

Theodore Roosevelt, treatment of citizens and businesses equally

Rations, wartime economy, mass production of wartime materials, low unemployment rates

flappers, prohibition, over spending

crash of the stock market, black tuesday

Severe drought, American farmers lost everything and Herbert Hoover tried to stabilize the economy

FDR, relief recover reform to help economy