The New Deal’s Response to the Great Depression
Words: 809 1423The Great Depression, kicking off with the catastrophic stock market crash of 1929, ushered in an era of unprecedented economic despair. The United States was hit hard: unemployment skyrocketed, banks crumbled, and industrial output fell dramatically. Amid this backdrop of misery and uncertainty, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal emerged, a series of bold and transformative policies aimed at pulling the country out of its slump and laying the groundwork for a more secure and just economy. The New Deal wasn’t […]