The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - 1304 Words

Each decade has it’s own defining events. The 1960s had the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the 1950s had the first people to ever reach the top of Mount Everest, and the 1940s had the infamous World War Two. But no decade in the twentieth century, other than the 1930s, has had one sole event define its entirety. This event was the Great Depression. Beginning in 1929, the Great Depression was present in every aspect of society from the richest CEO to the poorest pauper. Although the Great Depression dampened the American mood, it created a desire for security and stability in the United States while ultimately uniting the country politically through aspirations of reformation, economically through expanding Social Darwinism,†¦show more content†¦Already in the decade the seeds of the desire for security are sewn particularly in the politics. Some historians theorize that the Depression could’ve been slowed by more immediate government intervention. President Herbert Hoover vigilantly laid groundwork of change he lacked the insight about how his common Americans were struggling to make ends meet in their own homes.Americans were in desperate need of stability through the government, but Hoover held a strict laissez faire policy having to do with direct government intervention. But all the people wanted was for the government to solve its problems (â€Å"How a Different†. His stubbornness created an even more impoverished United States seeking security that Franklin D. Roosevelt was destined to take over after his landslide election in 1932. With FDR came significant change and a plan to work the country out of their unpleasant situation (â€Å"Herbert† 2). He introduced the New Deal which in its genesis, consisted of many new laws passed and the use of the National Recovery Administration as a means of establishing and regulating minimum wages and a system of fair competition. Though after a small initial success the attempt was discarded after the Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional. Having been derailed and left to come up with a new plan of security Roosevelt’s second administration sought to boost the