hortly after noon on a drizzly spring day in 1915, the Cunard liner Lusitania backed slowly away from Pier 54 on New York’s Lower West Side. It was Lusitania‘s 202nd Atlantic crossing, and as usual the luxury liner’s sailing attracted a crowd, for the 32,500-ton vessel was one of the fastest and most glamorous ships afloat. In the words of the London Times, she was ‘a veritable greyhound of the seas.’
Passengers, not yet settled in their accommodations, marveled at the ship’s size and splendor. With a length of 745 feet, she was one of the largest man-made objects in the world. First-class passengers could eat in a two-story Edwardian-style dining salon that featured a plasterwork dome arching some thirty feet above the floor. Those who traveled first class also occupied regal suites, consisting of twin bedrooms with a parlor, bathroom, and private dining area, for which they paid four thousand dollars one way. Second-class accommodations on Lusitania compared favorably with first-class staterooms on many other ships.
People strolling through nearby Battery Park watched as three tugs worked to point the liner’s prow downriver toward the Narrows and the great ocean beyond. While well-wishers on the pier waved handkerchiefs and straw hats, ribbons of smoke began to stream from three of the liner’s four tall funnels. Seagulls hovered astern as the liner slowly began to pick up speed.
AFDC was terminated in 1996.
<h3>What is AFDC?</h3>
The Social Security Act (SSA), which established the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) federal aid program, which was run by the US Department of Health and Human Services from 1935 to 1997, gave money to children whose families had little or no income.
The program expanded from being a small component of social security to becoming a substantial welfare system run by the states with federal financing. It was criticized, meanwhile, for providing disincentives for women to enter the workforce and incentives for women to have children. The more stringent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program took over from AFDC in July 1997.
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D) At least three-fourths of the ships using the canal in both years were from Great Britain
1. Bad Harvests, 2. Debt, 3. Deficit Spending
