The New Deal was a program that lasted from 1933 to 1939 which was to give relief, recovery, and reform to the ailing United States. ... When World War II hit the United States in 1939, the depression began to fade away because of the need for war goods and workers to make those war goods. Roosevelt's strategic approach of regulating banks and the stock market helped the uncertain financial practices that had helped create the Great Depression. ... When you look for similarities between the Great Depression and today's society, there is no need to look further than the situation t...

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Unemployment rates kept getting higher, banks collapsed and deflation were some negative effects that the Great Depression brought to the USA. ... (Hardman, "The great depression and the new deal.... ") Furthermore, overproduction was a factor of the Great Depression. ... The Great Depression was not only the depression for the USA economy, but also the depression for people's mood. ... Roosevelt's responses to the Great Depression helped the USA get through the depression effectively. ...

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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). ... Before the stock market crash the United States did not have a system like social security except for war veterans (The Great Depression). One of the first times the act was amended was in 1939 when a spouse and their children would receive benefits if one of them died. ... 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 Great Depression was caused by a number of things such as the stock market crash of 1929, bank failures and drought conditions. Roosevelt tried to combat the Great Depression through the New Deal. ... The Works Progress Administration (WPA), renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration, employed over eight million Americans, mostly unskilled men, from 1935 to 1943. ... Prior to the depression the vast majority of African Americans were republicans but during the depression the vote went from republican to democrat. ... The new deal did not end the Great Depression what ultimately en...

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