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Durring the great depression, the economy failed and people lost everything. Most characteristics during the great depression was the widding gape between the "haves" and "havenots". There was also alot of buying on margin or installment buying which was using "fake" money.

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The Bonus Army marched on Washington, DC protesting about the government's failure to provide the "Bonus" promised them for fighting in WW1.Roosevelt setup the CCC and WPA to get people back to work, began the New Deal, started Social Security, and payed farmers to plow crops to prop up prices. Congress tried to stop most of Roosevelt's actions.

Prohibition was repealed.

Many US citizens joined the Communist Party, worried that Capitalism was failing.

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1.) Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal

2.) Expanded role of government

3.) Mass migration

4.) Societal change

5.) Rise of crime rate

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The first five years of the Great Depression were marked by several attempts to improve the situation. In the US, the government implemented several programs to assist in economic recovery.

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