INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Americans voters elected new Presidential leadership.
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a Constitutional amendment banning alcohol was passed.
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the United States went to war to stimulate the economy.
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the federal government ordered the states to create more jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Known as FDR, Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.
Detailed explanation-2: -Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The President ordered federal departments to speed up their construction projects and asked all governors to expand public works projects in their states. He asked Congress for a $160 million tax cut while doubling spending for public buildings, dams, highways, and harbors.
Detailed explanation-4: -The memory of the Depression also shaped modern theories of government and economics and resulted in many changes in how the government dealt with economic downturns, such as the use of stimulus packages, Keynesian economics, and Social Security.
Detailed explanation-5: -Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and permanently changed the U.S. federal government by expanding its size and scope-especially its role in the economy.