Late 19th century to mid 20th century

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The late 1890s saw the United States undergo a period of intense social ns economic crisis that rocked all the corners of the nation . Scholars equate its impact on the Americans to the one felt in the great depression . The crisis was to kickoff the Wall Street before the shocks could spread to the rest of the nation . It is however noted that crisis could have started in southern states especially in the predominantly cotton plantations areas . The crisis with it intensity was felt

in varied ways by the different economic classes . Desperation and helplessness became common with majority of the people in the lower income brackets literally begging in the streets or roaming all over in search of work . Industries and big corporations collapsed and went bankrupt further aggravating the unemployment situation in America Strikes based on low pay were the to the day

Many of the people were blaming either appropriately or inappropriately in democratic government and specifically the setting president grover clevel and he was on the receiving end with claims that he was no doing enough to end the crisis and end the suffering of thousands in the low income classes . The crisis that worsened in the 1893 was caused by a high demand of gold with majority opting to redeem their notes with the much stable gold currency . This was precipitated by the collapse of the national cordage company after banks knocked its doors wishing to reclaim their finances . This triggered a nation wide collapse of leading banks especially in western America , collapse of industries and big companies was to follow resulting to massive unemployment in the major urban centers and even further into the hinterlands

Agricultural sector was the worst hit as prices of wheat and cotton took a downward trend . Protests , strikes and negative sentiments against the government would see the republican go through an easy win with William McKinley taking over the mantle as the president of the United States . Upon the entry of McKinley , the economy of the United States took a recovery turn mostly as a result of the confidence that the public had on the new leadership . The road to recovery was not smooth The nation had to undergo major social , political and economic reforms The government powers and structures had to be under intense structuring and policy redefinition to ensure that the economy went back on track finally culminating the economic prosperity evidenced in the 1940s

In response , the aftermath of the Great Depression that saw unemployment rise to 25 and un-understandable fall in prices of goods making it hard for the people and government to repay their debts president Roosevelt hoped to revive the economy through what the was calling as the new deal . New deal referred to a number of programs aiming at reform the political and economic system provide relief to the badly affected and recovery of the economy . It would see the introduction of programs some of which...