American History 252 Dr. Assignment # 3 During the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States launched an enormous industrial revolution that shaped the country into the world's leading economy. On the day of President Roosevelt's inauguration the depression had taken the country into economic chaos. He was forced to devise a plan that could restore the status of world power to the United States. The first step in Roosevelt's social reform plan was to have the …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…Germany, Italy, and Japan. After war starts around the world, the President has Congress pass the Lend-Lease Bill, which empowered the President to supply ammunition and other goods in large amounts to Great Britain and other countries at war with Japan, Germany, and Italy. Although prosperity prevailed in the early part of the 1920's as an aftermath of world war, the economy started to fall during this time due to a decline in foreign trade.