THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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The New Deal helped to relieve some of the suffering associated with the Great Depression, but the nation would never fully recover.
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The New Deal did not help end the Great Depression and caused the nation’s economy to be in worse shape by the start of World War II.
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The New Deal helped successfully end the Great Depression and allowed the nation’s economy to be in better shape than ever before.
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The New Deal helped to relieve some of the suffering associated with the Great Depression, but the nation would not fully recover until World War II.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. But economically, it was less successful.
Detailed explanation-2: - There were lasting improvements in rural electrification as 30% more farms had electricity in the period between 1930 and 1945. Failures of the Second New Deal: Economic recovery was marginal and in fact declined between 1937 and 1939 as a second recession kicked in and unemployment rose again.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt’s “New Deal” aimed at promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism. New Federal agencies attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, and create a vast public works program for the unemployed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement BEST describes the New Deal? Greatly increased size & importance of national govt.