THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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an expansion of the power of the Federal Government
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a budget surplus
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a reduced deficit
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an increase in the Supreme Court Justices
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Detailed explanation-1: -The New Deal was a set of domestic policies enacted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt that dramatically expanded the federal government’s role in the economy in response to the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the short term, New Deal programs helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression. In the long run, New Deal programs set a precedent for the federal government to play a key role in the economic and social affairs of the nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Later New Deal legislation established the National Labor Relations Board, the Works Progress Administration, and the Social Security system.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the new Deal impact the federal government? It expanded the powers of the federal gov’t by establishing regulatory bodies & laying the foundation of a social welfare system. In the future the gov’t would regulate business & provide social welfare programs to avoid social & economic problems.