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1. During WWII 2. Hope during the great depression 3. Hope during 9/11
 * Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...-- //Isak Dinesen// **

During depression- "Hope is the pillar the holds up the world"

Many people turned to the arts to try and shift it in the back of their heads. Movies were hot, parlor games and board games were popular.People gathered around radios to listen to everything. People danced to the big bands. Many people read books to take their mind off the situation. The great depression also lead to a immense increase in the popularity of sports. Baseball started to let color people join the league, such as Jackie Robinson, so many people tuned into the radio and went to watch the games. Boxing also became very poplular. This was the time when the "new negro" started to evlolve. Many people started to have undercover "clubs". People would come to these "clubs" to drink and have a good time. They did this secrectly when alcohol was banned. Jazz was born during this time period. Interesting fact: Monopoly was created and quickly became popular. Many people did normal activites like we do today. That includes swimming, camping, listening to rmusic through records, etc. Focused on starting a family during this period aswell.

__Info on WW2__ The people of the United States understood that they needed to help in anyway they could in the war and help those who are fighting so they did a variety of things. The government used many tactics to try and persuade people to buy all sorts of bonds. There were also different things people would do during the week such as meatless tuesdays and cotton free friday. Victory gardens also came out from peoples hope. Winning things like events in the Olympics, NASA sending first man into the moon, and other forms of success as a country/for the country.The jobs that were left vacant when the men went to war were filled by women. Soon, traditionally all-male occupations like factory work and machine repair were being handled by the ladies. Women enjoyed the new social and economic freedoms that resulted, and the character of "Rosie The Riveter" became an icon for working women everywhere. Frank Capra and other movie makers were assigned to produce a series of military indoctrination films called //Why We Fight.// One of the people who worked on this project was a young cartoonist named Ted Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss.

__Info- 9/11__

After 9/11 when it seemed like what we should be doing was being less open and patriotic, we did the opposite. More American flags appeared everywhere and patriotism was evident throughout the United States. If it was the goal to break down the will of the American people with this act of terrorism it did the opposite. I believe that the tactics of the terrorists were similar to Hitler's blitzkrieg where he bombed cities in order to lower the moral of the people. We as Americans were very patriotic before then so it did not make us sad or scared, it made most of us angry. In the very spot that the twin towers once stood there is now a memorial to remember the lives of 2,752 people. In the memorial there are the names of everyone victimized by this act of terrorism. There are streets that are named after some of the people that went into the Twin Towers only to never come out (some firefighters or police officers). There also has been museums made to show what happened on that September 11th day. Hope was needed during the 9/11 incident although there was somewhat of a mass panic because something like this had never happened in the United States. There was also action, in places where other terrorist attacks might occur there was more police and searches to make sure the safety of US citizens was protected. I believe that trials such as these show the hope that the citizens have for their country. If that is the truth then we must have a lot of hope for the United States. After 9/11 the united states passed the __Patriot Act__ this act was
 * To strengthen U.S. measures to prevent, detect and prosecute international money laundering and financing of terrorism;
 * To subject to special scrutiny foreign jurisdictions, foreign financial institutions, and classes of international transactions or types of accounts that are susceptible to criminal abuse;
 * To require all appropriate elements of the financial services industry to report potential money laundering;
 * To strengthen measures to prevent use of the U.S. financial system for personal gain by corrupt foreign officials and facilitate repatriation of stolen assets to the citizens of countries to whom such assets belong.

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This showed that the united states would do all that it could to stop terrorism (War on Terror) on our home soil. Before 9/11 this Act could not be passed, but after 9/11 it could not get passed soon enough. The American people were in danger by terrorism and the government stepped up to help fight against terrorism. Later the united states saw that terrorism was a great threat and soon went into a war with Afghanistan and Iraq insurgents/terrorists. After 9/11 people started taking more thought to firefighter and police officers for their fast response and disregard for their own lives only thinking about the lives of the people in the buildings. A man by the name of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was found as the mastermind of the whole terrorist plot. Instead of people not wanting to be near the place where the buildings fell there were thousands of volunteers that helped after 9/11
 * 3,251 children lost a Parent on that day... **

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 This is a voluntary, Federally-funded program that provides compensation to eligible individuals or relatives of individuals who were killed or physically injured as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001 Over 7,300 claims for death and physical injury arising out of the 9/11 tragedy will have been processed. __ Public Safety Officers Benefits Program __ offered Financial assistance to the surviving family of all public safety officers. [] These programs showed that the families of victims in 9/11 were not just never thought of again, they were taken care up by federally funded programs in order to not leave them empty handed by this act of terrorism.