USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 led to America’s entry into World War II, and the nation’s factories went back in full production mode. This expanding industrial production, as well as widespread conscription beginning in 1942, reduced the unemployment rate to below its pre-Depression level.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the war, more than 12 million Americans were sent into the military, and a similar number toiled in defense-related jobs. Those war jobs seemingly took care of the 17 million unemployed in 1939. Most historians have therefore cited the massive spending during wartime as the event that ended the Great Depression.

Detailed explanation-3: -The War put the American people back to work. In 1940 the unemployment rate was at 14.6%. In 1941 the employment rate had dropped to 9.9% and by 1944 had dropped to 1.2% (Hing 1). “War expenditures soon revived the economy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Congress created The Works Progress Administration (WPA) which offered work relief for thousands of people. The end to the Great Depression came about in 1941 with America’s entry into World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -A combination of the New Deal and World War II lifted the U.S. out of the Depression.