The great depression and the new deal

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Explain the causes of the Great Depression, including weaknesses in agriculture, industry, finance, and consumption, as well as the effects of the stock market crash.
Analyze the social and economic effects of the Great Depression on workers, farmers, families, and different racial and regional groups.
Compare the responses of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Depression and evaluate why many Americans demanded more active federal intervention.

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Evaluate the ways the New Deal redefined the role of the federal government in the economy and in citizens’ lives while also preserving aspects of the existing capitalist system.

Assess criticisms of the New Deal from the left, the right, the Supreme Court, and marginalized groups, and explain the major limits of New Deal reform for African Americans, Mexican Americans, women, and other groups.

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