During the early part of the Great Depression, the economy had ground to a halt as a result of the stock market crashing and the unemployment rates skyrocketed as businesses shut down. Only a very small portion of the population actually held stock. The cause of the Great Depression was really a result of shallow economical prosperity. ... An increase in credit flexibility might have helped reduce some of the dramatic effects of the stock market crash. ... The economic reforms were not conducive to a free market society due to the aim for strict control of the many factors involved in recovery...

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Its purpose was to overcome the depression. Following the depression there were many programs and acts to help the nation recover from the depression. ... The AF of L was a division of many craft unions, sanctioned by the teamsters that had great political influence in during the depression. ...

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THE NEW DEAL'S EFFECTS ON SOUTH CAROLINA In the presidential election of 1932, the American people were looking for a change and elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Roosevelt promised to act to end the Great Depression. He urged programs to deal with what he referred to as the "forgotten m...

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