The Great Depression started soon after the crash of the stock market in October 1929. This was the longest economic downturn in history (The Great Depression). Unlike in the roaring twenties where people overspent, the 1930's were the complete opposite. ... Before the stock market crash the United States did not have a system like social security except for war veterans (The Great Depression). ... Giving that there were some Americans against the act, something had to be done in a national crisis such as The Great Depression. ...

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The New Deal did not "solve" the Great Depression. ... (P) 1930's. The Great Depression. ... Although, FDR's idea of "Relief, Recovery, and Reform" is not what actually brought the United States out of the Great Depression, its effects were able to help the country for the time being. ... However, the New Deal failed to end the Great Depression" (FDR's New Deal Summary And Analysis). ...

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The Townsend Movement and Social Security: In the early 1930's a man fed up with the great depression came up with and idea to get the county back on track. ... This idea would make the country also come back on track and out of the depression. ... But in the end the only thing that could get the county out of the depression was World War II....

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