The Impact of the Great Depression "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but given a chance... we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation" -Herbert Hoover Less than one year before the …showed first 75 words of 2520 total…

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