When was the Great Depression and New Deal?

Answer 1

The Great Depression officially began soon after the Great Wall Street crash in late Oct 1929. President Hoover, a Republican, believed that the free enterprises system, not the government, would be able solve this problem and get the economy back on track. As a result, Hoover did little till 1932 when he ran for reelection. It was too little to late to save him and the Republican Party from a landslide defeat at the hands of FDR and the Democrats. Soon after Roosevelt became President, he put together the most sweeping reforms in the history of this country to combat the growing unemployment and social unrest.

It became the "New Deal". He thought the American people deserved a new deal-that government had a major role to play in the lives of the people and the economy. The depression would not officially end until the beginning of World War 2. The New Deal included the creation of the Social Security Act in 1935, the WPA & CCC that provided thousands of public work jobs all over the country. One of the great success stories during the 1930's, was the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority-it provided electricity to millions of poor and working class people from Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. These people saw their standard of living improve because of this. It was a great example that government can be a force for good and improve people's lives! The New Deal proved to be widely popular except conservatives in the GOP, who could never be convinced-despite the evidence.

Answer 2

The Great Depression began in 1929 with the Stock Market crash and lasted until around 1939. The New Deal programs were introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s as a response to the economic crisis of the Great Depression.