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1 How successful was the New Deal?

2 When should government lend a hand?

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4 LBJ’s “Great Society” – 1960s HE DECLARED WAR ON POVERTY Medicare and Medicaid Head Start Program Elementary and Secondary School Act

5 1970s Stagflation OPEC Oil Embargo against the USA USA supported Israel in their wars against Arab Nations Increased Unemployment and Inflation The Economy Stagnated for a Decade

6 Ronald Reagan’s Supply Side Economics in the 1980s New Federalism Decreased Government Spending on social programs (welfare, schools, etc) Tax Cuts to the Wealthy and Corporations Was it these programs or the increased military spending during the 1980s that pulled America out of recession?- Economists still debate this today

7 What did President Obama learn from FDR?


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