THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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free health care for all Americans
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government purchase of surplus farm products
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government regulation of business
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which aspect of the New Deal was a continuation of Progressive Era policies? Government regulation of business activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New Deal was responsible for some powerful and important accomplishments. It put people back to work. It saved capitalism. It restored faith in the American economic system, while at the same time it revived a sense of hope in the American people.
Detailed explanation-3: -But the New Deal was not simply a continuation of Progressivism. In several important ways, the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt set the United States on a course that diverged substantially from the vision of Progressivism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Deal is often summed up by the “Three Rs”: relief (for the unemployed) recovery (of the economy through federal spending and job creation), and. reform (of capitalism, by means of regulatory legislation and the creation of new social welfare programs).