Despite the many attempts to eliminate poverty, the problem has never been solved. Though these efforts have helped lower the amount of people becoming poverty stricken, it still continues to progress every year. Many causes of poverty include: lack of educational opportunity, healthcare, as well as increased unemployment. Over the years many politicians have tried to create solutions for this problem but none of them were truly a success. These attempts have only slowed down the rate of poverty, yet never fully eliminated it.
             The crashing of the stock market led to The Great Depression in 1929. This led to the worst economic slump ever in U.S history. President Herbert Hoover was president during this era, in which he firmly was against the government getting itself involved in direct relief to the unemployed. He did although encourage private operations like soup kitchens and private charities. Such efforts proved far to little to end the depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took a different approach to this issue in 1932. Roosevelt's 'New Deal' reforms gave the government more power and helped ease the depression. The Great Depression ended as the nations increased their production of war materials at the start of World War 2. This increased production provided jobs and put large amounts of money back into circulation.
             Although the Great Depression was over, much of the poverty that existed in the United States was in economically depressed areas. President Lyndon B. Johnson was another who took interest in introducing new ideas to try to decrease the amount of people who are poor in America. In 1964, Johnson declared a State of the Union message declaring "unconditional war on poverty in America." Congress adopted the Economic Opportunity Act. This Act emphasized work experience, and other training needed for adults to better themselves in life. As said in Johnson's Message to Congress, &...