| | In the United States, the depression caused the Republicans to lose the 1932 elections. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], a Democrat, was not sure what to do, so he tried many different things at once. The "First New Deal" in 1933 enacted programs to deal with deflation, unemployment relief, the banking crisis, the farm crisis, international trade, and the overall economic malaise. The "Second Mew Deal" of 1934-35 involved a shift to the left, promoting labor unions, enacting Social Security, and nationalizing relief. Conservatives vigorously opposed the Second New Deal, but FDR was reelected in a landslide in 1936. In his second term, politics turned sour and only one new program was enacted (the minimum wage), as the economy plunged downward again in 1937-38. Full recovery came as the US rearmed for World War II. | | In the United States, the depression caused the Republicans to lose the 1932 elections. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], a Democrat, was not sure what to do, so he tried many different things at once. The "First New Deal" in 1933 enacted programs to deal with deflation, unemployment relief, the banking crisis, the farm crisis, international trade, and the overall economic malaise. The "Second Mew Deal" of 1934-35 involved a shift to the left, promoting labor unions, enacting Social Security, and nationalizing relief. Conservatives vigorously opposed the Second New Deal, but FDR was reelected in a landslide in 1936. In his second term, politics turned sour and only one new program was enacted (the minimum wage), as the economy plunged downward again in 1937-38. Full recovery came as the US rearmed for World War II. |