INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Question
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The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
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The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
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The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
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The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Deal failed because the AAA, by interfering with supply and demand, damaged farming which had repercussions on the overall economy. The government ensured price floors on wheat and cotton. Thus, wheat and cotton farmers expanded their businesses and other farmers flocked to those “guaranteed” crops.