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Roosevelt and the Great Depression
While the Great Depression of the 1930’s proved devastating to the American economy, the efforts of Franklin D. Roosevelt turned the nation around and helped to improve the terrible conditions of the time. His “New Deal” plan did indeed stabilize the economy and encourage a more just and fair society. Three of his plans, the Agriculture Adjustment Act, the National Recovery Administration, and the W ....
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.... struck down by the US Supreme Court in US v. Butler in 1936, however, the program was a great success.
The National Recovery Administration, or NRA, also proved to be one of Roosevelt’s greatest New Deal plans. Designed to balance the interests of business, labor, and consumers, it attempted to reduce unemployment and restructure the economy. The NRA was created under the National Industrial Recovery Act and set codes of fair competition. Anti-trust laws were s ....
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