Question

Why and how did citizens try to change government Policy during the depression’s early years?

Answer 1

The major effect of the Great Depression on America was expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs and the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. The relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically. The government took on a greater role in the everyday social and economic lives of the people. The New Deal programs of FDR also created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers

Answer 2

They began to take matters into their own hands and protest, because they were tired of the government not doing anything to help them.