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How did the American people and government respond to the crisis of the 1930s and what was the American mood to war and why?

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Congress passed the Social Security Act, which for the first time provided Americans with unemployment, disability and pensions for old age.

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When the Great Depression began, the United States was the only industrialized country in the world without some form of unemployment insurance or social security. In 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act, which for the first time provided Americans with unemployment, disability and pensions for old age.

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