Perceptions of Government Role in the 1930's

In the 1930Æs, the Great Depression descended upon the American people, and their perceptions of the role of the government changed accordingly. Understandably, the key issue in politics at the time was economics, and people began looking to the government to remedy the problems in the economy. Traditionally, the government had left relief to the private sector, but after the depression, protective legislation and relief organizations abounded: The Social Security Act to ensure income for the elderly, the Wagner Act of 1935 to give workers the right to unionize, and the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations to improve conditions for blue-collar workers were just a few (Sutton). ôBy the beginning of the next decade the United States had gone from a laissez-fai

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