Question

How has the role of the federal government in social policy action changed since the onset of the great depression

Answer 1

TheGreat Depression which lowered the economy from 1929-1940. Unemployment was at 25 percent, millions of people were homeless, and millions more were forced to leave their homes. The Great Depression and the Second World War led the federal government to turn to fiscal policy as a way of managing the economy and to bring us out of the depression.