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As the great depression began in 1929 and millions of americans found themselves in a terrible economic position, president herbert hoover was reluctant to involve the government indirectly helping people.
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This decision helped lead to his loss in the presidential election in 1932.
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Put yourselves in hoover's shoes.
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What reasons would he have for being opposed to large -scale government involvement in the economic lives of americans? what reasons could be given for government getting involved? so however comprehensive, the new deal seemed, it failed to achieve its main goal, which was ending the depression.
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In 1939, the unemployment rate was still 19%.
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And it wasn't until 1943 that it reached its pre -depression levels.
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The massive spending brought by the american entry into world war ii is what ultimately cured the asian's economic crisis and got us out of the depression.
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So conservatives bemoaned, a bloated bureaucracy that was nearly a million workers strong, which was up from 600 ,000 in 1932...