United States President Herbert Hoover has a plan to aid the country during the Great Depression by getting most the unemployed people back to work, rather than directly giving them a relief. He also tried new acts, such as Glass-Steagall's Act and Emergency Relief and Construction Act, to stimulate the US' economy.
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The young monk Luther visited Rome and was dismayed by the Church's extravagance, corruption, monopoly on the Bible (in Latin, which few could read), lack of interest in the plight of the poor, veneration of relics, and the selling of indulgences.
It was only German unrestricted submarine warfare that directly contributed to American involvement in the war. It would take the bombing of Peal Harbor to completely bring the US into the war.