Because Hoover wanted to end the Great Depression but I'm not entirely sure
OPEC means Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is a group of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce. An example of OPEC members are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.
The people didn't listen. God finally judged his people and it powerfully presents Jeremiahs message so later generations might the same sins.
Strom Thurmond, together with the Dixiecrats advocated the state's rights using the ideas of freedom. The Dixiecrats thought that the government was giving more rights to minorities, they believed that this is unjust. So they proposed that the states should be able to decide on the policies that they want to be implemented.