In Peru and northern Chile, a coastal desert sits between the Pacific Ocean. The Parana, the Paraguay, and the Uruguay rivers joined together to create the second largest river in South America.
As a result, he responded to the economic crisis with a goal of getting people back to work rather than directly granting relief. In October 1930, he established the President's Emergency Committee for Employment (later renamed the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief) to coordinate the efforts of local welfare agencies.
As the Great Depression worsened, however, charitable organizations were simply overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem, and Hoover tried new ideas to stimulate the economy:
<span><span>The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (1932) provided railroads, banks, and other financial institutions with money for loans.</span><span>The Glass-Steagall Act (1932) made getting commercial credit easier and released $750 million in gold reserves for additional business loans.</span><span>The Emergency Relief and Construction Act (1932) provided funds to the RFC to make loans for relief to the states and included additional money for local, state, and federal public works projects.</span></span>
<span>B) Pre-war alliances were made in secret and elevated diplomatic tensions within those governments.
Or sometimes the fact that alliances were being made was announced publicly -- but the negotiations about the alliances were conducted behind closed doors. And often the terms of the alliances were kept secret, so that only the parties involved knew the full details. This contributed to an attitude of escalating nervousness and tension as the nations of Europe maneuvered for strength over against their perceived adversaries.
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The Great Zimbabwe was a country on the territory of where the modern day nation of Zimbabwe is located. It had access to the Indian Ocean and a great strategic location, especially when it came to trade, as it was an important place in the trade routes on the ocean.
The people of Zimbabwe had a strong economy, and it was largely based on trading, cattle, and crops.
Three very important and very profitable things that the people of Zimbabwe traded were the ivory, gold, and copper. All three being in abundance on their territory, or in the territories in close proximity, and all of them being in high demand and being very well paid for.
