The Great Depression was a period of time in history when business was weak, and many people were out of work. The Great Depression started on October 29th, 1929. The stock market crashed on this date. It was this culture region's and the industrialized areas in the western hemisphere longest and most severe depression that ever occurred. It ended with the beginning of World War II, which began in 1939.
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The picture above shows Canada's capitol building, while the picture below shoes America's capitol building.
The picture above shows Canada's capitol building, while the picture below shoes America's capitol building.
The Great Depression had profound political effects. In this culture region, the Great Depression caused the Federal government to intervene, and try to improve the economy. This culture religion created a type of "New Deal," which consisted of large-scale government financed building, and infrastructure products, such as road building, which were designed to provide a boost to the economy. The Great Depression shaped this region politically by resulting in the creation of welfare systems. In Canada new corporations were created such as the Canadian Broadcasting Commission, and the Bank of Canada. In the U.S the New Deal was introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The government in both countries created minimum wages, a standard work week, and programs such as medicare, social security, welfare, and unemployment insurance. The role of the national governments became more important than before. In the United States and Canada culture region, the Great Depression caused expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs and the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. The government in this culture region took a greater role in the peoples' everyday social and economic lives.