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The end of the unusual conditions associated with the war.
So what were the unusual conditions associated with the war that caused the end of the Great Depression?
Didn't finish high school, huh? If you need a US History class, go take one. I don't teach for free.
Well, let me help a little. The unusual condition was the spending of money for war materials. The demand that caused factories to manufacture 24/7, workers hired, including women to replace the 16 million or so that were in the service. Food was essential to feed much of the world and farmers joined the prosperity.
The greatest single cause, however, was the borrowed money spent by the government on the war.
Had FDR spend the same amount of money or even less, on internal improvements, modernizing railroads, highway, ports and so on, would the depression have been eased almost as much as buying tanks, building ships, airplanes and so on?
A couple more questions:
why did FDR stop the New Deal in 1936-37?
Why did FDR change the gold standard?
Why did Nixon go off the gold standard?
When FDR entered the White House in 1932 what was his plan to fight the depression?
Did FDR ever think of balancing the budget?
Why didn't FDR back the lame duck president, Hoover, when Hoover asked for help?
Why did the Court declare the NRA unconstitutional?
What was the first organization FDR formed to put people to work?