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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