Evaluate the success of democratic governments in the interwar period
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The democratic governments were not as successful as the Nazi and Soviet governments in pulling their countries out of the Great Depression.
b. In the United States, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal expanded the role of the government by subsidizing agriculture, funding public works projects, and passing the Social Security Act, which created the foundation of a welfare program.
c. Despite the active role of the government in the economy, however, unemployment remained high up to 1939 and the GNP did not return to 1929 levels until 1941.
d. According to Keynesian economics, the U.S. government should not have tried to balance the budget but should have instead run a deficit in order to stimulate the economy.
e. Sweden did precisely that by funding public works and expanding welfare benefits; by 1937, unemployment was declining and the manufacturing sector was growing.
f. Britain's reluctance to experiment with new policies led to limited economic recovery in the late 1930s, which was largely a result of the emergence of new private enterprises in consumer goods.
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a. They wanted government to take the lead in legislating reforms.
b. They wanted government to leave reform up to special interest groups and individual reformers.
c. They wanted government to follow the public will.
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