What was after the Great Depression?

Answer 1

The Great Depression in the US was ended by WW 2. This was because nations at war were buying US supplies. Later, with the US in the war, factory production to make war weapons ease unemployment.

Answer 2

Causes of the Great Depression in the United States:The Stock Market crash, structural weakness of the economy, overproduction, maldistribution of wealth and an international crisis contributed to the Great Depression in the United States. Hoover's Response:Hoover was interested in world peace and wanted to advocate cooperative individualism. He said "people should depend on charity and take care of each other, we'll all suffer but we'll make it through". He was against federal aid during the great depression. He was unprepared to deal with this crisis and tried to tell people that laughter was the best medicine. He lowered taxes and raised the tariff, as a result, international trade died out at this point. He encouraged volunteerism and businesses to tax cut and invest it in the economy. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation gave the government the ability to loan money to major failing banks and big businesses. This was a very limited measure though. It only bailed out certain people for certain reasons and this angered the people. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Response to the Crisis:During FDR's first 100 days he waged war against the economy by attacks the baking crisis. He created a bank holiday which would shut down the banks so people wouldn't withdraw all their $. He also created an emergency banking which would loan money to failing banks from the federal reserve so they don't go totally under. The Glass Steagall Act was another one of his attempts; this was a separation of investment and commercial banking. According to the people, capitalism was save in 8 days." He also created the Agricultural Adjustment Act which paid farmers to keep land fallow. The National Industrial Recovery Act was created to cure over production, boost prices, protect labor, end cut throat competition and created the National Recovery Administration which meant that big businesses should have set standards, codes and wages to eliminate cut throat competition. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was also created as well as the Civilian Conservation Corp. This put young men to work in national parks to work in forests preservation. The Public Works Administration was created to build roads, hospitals, bridges etc. He also created the Tennessee Valley Authority which hired unemployed to build dams to prevent floods. Demands of the Populists and the Second New DealSome of the most recognized populists were Father Coughlin, Upton Sinclair and Charles Townsend. Father Coughlin attacked Wall Street and capitalism. He wanted government ownership of industry and supported fascism. Huey Long was the governor of Louisiana, which was the closest thing to fascism that the US had ever seen. He had complete control over every government branch. He increased taxes on oil companies and used that money to build roads, schools, and hospitals, which provided jobs for the state's people. He also wanted a guaranteed national income and free college. Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California and was denounced as a socialist. He wanted to put the poor people to work on the fallow lands in CA. His running mate, Francis Townsend, was the spokesperson for the elderly in CA. He supported the idea of old age pensions and social security which would stimulate the economy, but no one liked it because it was too expensive.The Second New Deal came about as a result of the populists. It created the Works Progress Administration, which put the unemployed to work building post offices, county buildings, 500,000+ miles of road, 600 airports, stadiums, community Swimming Pools, and sewage treatment plants. It also included the Wagner Act which established the workers' rights to collective bargaining. It outlawed firings and blacklistings of union members. It also created the Social Security Act which gave unemployment insurance to the disabled and elderly. Roosevelt wanted the money to come from taxing the people. The Revenue Act of 1935 increased corporate taxes. African-Americans During the DepressionEleanor worked for civil and equal rights but FDR never really touched the issue. Social Security was not extended to African Americans. Southern Democrats would have revolted if Roosevelt tried to help African Americans, and wouldn't have passed his laws if he did. As result his effort to help them was low. The states were in charge of the CCC, WPA, etc. They didn't generally give those jobs to African Americans. The Federal Housing Act also discriminated against blacks and further segregated America. Federal Employment Practices were discriminatory and projects in the South refused to hire blacks. They were the last hired and the first fired. Although, FDR did appoint Mary McLeod Bethune to his cabinet. He encouraged hope for them. The affects of the New Deal on politicsThe new deal was the great debate between R and D. The debate was to either extend the new deal or cut back on it. It shifted politics. Before the 1920's, the R were progressive and they slowly start becoming more conservative. The government expanded as well and it was the first time the government gets involved in the welfare of common people. FDR also increased the power of imperial presidency. Life During the Great DepressionThe people that lived through the Great Depression said "We didn't go hungry but we lived lean." During the GD, unemployment reached 25% by 1933. 86,000 businesses failed between 1932-3. The national income in 1929 was 87.8 billion in 1933 it was 40.2 billion. Wages declined by 60%, 9 million savings accounts were wiped out, poverty became a way of life. People moved to the cities to find jobs but there were no jobs were left. The homeless built shanty-towns around cities and called them Hoovervilles in spite of Hoover's response to the Depression and people began to blame Hoover for the Depression.. People stood in the breadline from charity handouts. People started eating jackrabbits and called them Hooverhogs.

Answer 3

There are a couple different reasons how America got out of the great depression. First, the New Deal presented by Franklin D. Roosavelt helped give Americans jobs. In the New Deal the government basically created jobs for the Americans who needed them.

Second, World War II. World War II also helped because it created even more jobs. Thousands of men could just enlist for the army. Though by the time World War II came around, America was already out of the worst of the great depression. World War II was more of an event that officially marked the end of the Great Depression.

Their is one main reason why the US came out of the Great Depression. Roosevelt's New Deal programs were clever, but they were not working. The reason that we came out of the Great Depression is because of World War 2. We were already out of the depression, because we had been selling supplies to the allies as they fought the war. If we had joined the war sooner we would not have come out of the Great Depression sooner. Remember War is expensive.

Answer 4

The forthcoming recovery of the United States economy began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal policies. There were two New Deal policies. The first one was from 1933-1934 which some the programs were deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The second one which started in 1935, really started making progress as programs such as the the Social Security Act created safety nets for the seniors, and the disabled. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was also created to protect the stockholders. He also created programs that employed workers to build the infrastructures of cities like dams, roads, bridges, power plants, etc. By the late 1930's the wages for skilled, unskilled workers, and professors were beginning to level out. However, it wasn't until the onset of WWII, in 1941, did the economy began a real recovery. Unemployment declined from 15% to just under 10%. By 1943, the number employed in manufacturing jobs increased by about 8 million with the needed mass production of war materials. Most of the employed in these jobs were women as most of their men were overseas fighting. The clinching point was the passage of the GI Bill in 1944 for returning veterans. Veterans Administration (VA) was created. The VA was responsible for carrying out the law's key provisions: education and training, loan guaranty for homes, farms or businesses, and unemployment pay. To this day, there is still disagreement as to what direct cause ended the Great Depression and when? Through research, the strengthening of the Federal Government during FDR's administration was the precursor as it was the start of WWII in 1941 that ended it.

Answer 5

The major effect of the Great Depression on America was expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs and the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. The relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically. The government took on a greater role in the everyday social and economic lives of the people. The New Deal programs of FDR also created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression. The Great Depression and the New Deal measure led to the domestic programs of JFK’s New Frontier, and LBJ’s Great Society and War on Poverty. The New Deal measures have also an influence on the current Obama administration, in its attempts to stimulate the economy.

Answer 6

President Franklin D. Roosevelt instigated what was called "The New Deal", a series of social liberal programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression.

Answer 7

Ww ii