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Economy in the Interwar Period (1918-1939)

1935

• President FDR issues an executive order prohibiting discrimination in new Works Progress Administration projects, one of the first anti-discrimination measures in U.S. history

• In 1937 Roosevelt appoints NAACP attorney William Hastie as the first black federal judge in U.S. history

Multiple Choice

The global economic downturn of the 1930s had which of the following effects on nations in Europe and North America?

• International trade increased because nations lowered trade barriers.

• Industrialized countries became more democratic as the public sought greater input in the making of economic policy.

• Most imperial powers granted independence to their colonies because the costs of maintaining empires became unsustainable.

• Governments took a more active role in directing and regulating their economies to stimulate growth.