Mid 1990 the economy entered a period of recession. By definition, a recession is " a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced" (online dictionary). During this time jobs became scarce, taxes were increased for corporations and those with high incomes. Additionally, certain programs were cut in order to save money, NAFTA was put into effect between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Programs like welfare were reformed. The federal minimum wage was increased which ended up affected about 10 million Americans. The average income per household increased to about 37,000.
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General George Marshall excelled mainly as an outstanding organizer. He was appointed as Army Chief of Staff in 1939 and was able to transform the US army which at the time was a weak force of 189,000 men equipped with antiquated and poor equipment into a powerful fighting force of over eight million well-equipped and thoroughly trained American servicemen. This expansion and modernization of the armed forces meant an increase of forty times the original size in just three years (1942). He also chose many of the outstanding American generals that were instrumental in winning the war, such as Eisenhower, Patton and Bradley. He also wrote the plans for Operation Overlord, the future invasion of Nazi-occupied France (Normandy).
Douglas MacArthur was initially very incompetent in the initial stages of the War of the Pacific. He learned about the Pearl Harbor attack and did not implement a plan to prepare for the upcoming Japanese offensive. His inaction caused the Far East Air Force to be all but eradicated after a surprise Japanese air raid. He also spread his American and Filipino forces too thin in the defense of Luzon and had to retreat calamitously, leaving enormous quantities of military materials in the hands of the invading Japanese ground and naval forces. In the middle of his flight to Australia he accepted 500,000 $ from Filipino president Quezon for his pre-war service in the Philippines. He left with his family and left all the American and Filipino soldiers in Batan become POWs of the Japanese. Then was awarded the Medal of honor in order to dismiss Japanese propaganda depicting him as an incompetent coward.
He was appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area in 1942. He was however able to learn from his mistakes and reorganized in order to reclaim all the lost territories. It would take him four years to reclaim Papua, New Guinea, the Philippines and was later tasked with the Occupation of japan in the end of the war.
"Farmers found that the price of wheat began to rise dramatically after the war and Farmers were prosperous during the war since growing conditions were excellent" hence many farmers in the Great Plains choose to mortgage their farms prior to the Great Depression.
<u>Answer:</u> Option A and E
<u>Explanation:</u>
Many federal land laws appealed people to go to the Southern Great Plains before the Great Depression after the Civil War. They were given an incentive to create the acres of land efficient enough for production. It was according to the "Homestead Act of 1862."
Also novice farmers went to the square because of this. They thought that if a lot of people plow the region, the place will become more prosperous, particularly the Great Plains climate. Farmers decided to leverage their farms during World War I due to the extreme rising wheat prices. Most farmers plow a large area of land which has resulted in intensive cultivation. It was a time when the peasants were considered wealthy because of outstanding climatic and land conditions.
