THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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was less involved in the economy
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became concerned with social welfare
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went into a budget surplus
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cut back on federal spending
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1939, the New Deal had improved the lives of Americans suffering from the Great Depression, set a precedent for the federal government to help regulate economic social and economic affairs of the nation, and insisted that even poor individuals had rights, (Venn, 1998).
Detailed explanation-2: -The New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief meant that the president wanted to help those in crisis immediately by creating jobs, bread lines, and welfare. Recovery was aimed at fixing the economy and ending the Depression.
Detailed explanation-3: -The programs focused on what historians refer to as the “3 R’s": relief for the unemployed and for the poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.