Multiple choice

True or False: The New Deal ended the Great Depression.

  1. True.

  2. False.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

While President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs provided critical relief, recovery, and reform, they did not fully end the Great Depression. High unemployment and economic stagnation persisted throughout the 1930s. It was ultimately the massive industrial mobilization and spending for World War II that brought the US economy back to full employment.

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