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The Great Depression is a part of American history that we all look back on and pray to never see again in such a large scale. This time period did not just change the U.S. economy of the time but went even further and fundamentally changed how people viewed the government’s role in it at every level. As we look back at it, we can see that those changes have rippled through history, influencing the policies and debates that still take place to this day. I chose to use Keynesian economics as a guide for this blog and would like to look at and discuss what caused the Depression, and how government intervention helped address it, along with what those actions left behind. The Depression didn’t appear out of thin air and happen overnight as people believe when they look at the past and see the terror people felt, including the mass amounts of life ending events. It was the result of deep economic cracks that had been forming for years and mistakes that were made and overlooked with no ...

  Henry A. Wallace is not a famous name when we look back at the 1900s, even though it should be. He doesn’t always get the spotlight he deserves in retrospect, but he absolutely deserves it. Between the years of 1900 and 1929, Wallace brought a scientific edge and a forward-thinking vision to American farming. This type of thinking is what really shaped the industry in ways we still see today, all around us. This push was not just about making farms more profitable; it was about creating stability for farmers and their families in a time when farming could be a risky business. Farming is the backbone of America, and without it we would not have the ability to feed or provide many different products for our people. Henry Wallace grew up in the life of the farming and agricultural industry. His father was well known and ran Wallace’s Farmer , a popular agricultural journal in Iowa. Henry knew firsthand the struggles that came with the territory in the agricultural business. When h...

  Hey everyone, today we are going to take a look at the agricultural industry in postbellum United States and the affect that railroads and manufacturing had on it.   Within this we will also be looking at the broader implications on how it affected the future of agriculture in the United States, including my chosen topic, which was subsidies in for small farms. The decades following the Civil War marked a period of reinvention for American agriculture, a sector fundamentally transformed by two powerful allies: railroads and manufacturing. Farming, particularly in the Midwest and Plains, shifted from small-scale, subsistence operations to more commercialized, specialized enterprises due to the economic pressures and opportunities created by transportation and industrialization. Railroads brought connectivity, while manufacturing provided the tools that allowed farms to scale up operations to meet an expanding urban demand. Together, these industries not only reshaped farmin...

  York, Pennsylvania – The Unsung First Capital? When most folks think of the first capital of the United States, cities like Philadelphia or New York City come to mind, as these were the cities everyone associates with the Revolution. But what about York, Pennsylvania, a place known fondly to the locals as America’s first capital? The citizens of York Pennsylvania loudly and proudly claim their city as America’s first capital, and name everything from food shops to storage locations after this idea.York is situated in Central Pennsylvania, about halfway between Gettysburg and Wilkes-Barre, along interstate 83 and 30. York's role in the American Revolution makes its claim to the title credible and not as crazy as you would think. In the following Poseytalks Blog, we are going to look at these claims.     In 1777, the Continental Congress, who were at the time fleeing from British forces, left Philadelphia and set up in York. This is where they would stay until 17...

       The establishment of the United States was a period deeply ingrained with religious conviction. To see how deep it goes, one can simply start studying the founding of each colony, and what they believed in.   By reading through the founding documents and personal beliefs of each of the key architects of American Democracy, it is easy to see that they were influence by Christian beliefs. These beliefs would go on to shape the nation's founding documents and governance structures. My blog explores the personal religious beliefs of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, and in turn examining how their faith informed their political ideologies and actions. George Washington: Ever the Faithful Leader      George Washington is called the "Father of His Country," a man who fought to ensure that freedom would be ensured for a brand-new country and continued to serve even after the Revolutionary war as the first President....