The World War II: Relief, Recovery, and Reform

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The World War II, also called The Second World War, began when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, and when the Germans and the Japanese finally surrendered in 1945, the War ended. The United States entered the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941. During World War II, the world was divided into two major forces: Axis and Allies. The United States, Britain, The Soviet Union and the French resistance were the Allies, while Germany, Italy, and Japan were the main powers that formed the Axis. Throughout this time, the United States was giving all kinds of support to the Allies, such as armies, weapons, money and other things. The economic development in the United States had become much stronger and more powerful during World War II, and United States learned how to handle economy better than any other countries since then. The president during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, has done a great deal of things, both good and bad, to resolve the problems of United States’ economy crisis during his time. The most important thing he has done to the economy was that he designed all kinds of programs to explain his three R’s: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Because of the success of President Roosevelt’s three Rs, the American governments participated in economic affairs thoroughly, and has remained so up to this day.
First, because of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt decided to take immediate actions to the problem, and he called it “Relief”. Long before the World War II, the banks were closing, citizens rushed to the banks to take out their money in case of bank closed and they would lose all their savings. In 1933, the number of closing banks started to increase suddenly. President Rooseve...

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