The Great Depression and the New Deal

<p> The Great Depression--1929 through 1939 when the United States and the world were economically crippled--is still not fully understood. There are numerous theories on its causes and on what stimulated the recovery. Here is a powerful new tool for the historian or economist.</p><p> The legislative acts of Roosevelt's New Deal in their entirety accompany macroeconomic verification of what took place in the social and economic arenas. Each act is preceded by a summary of its provisions focusing attention on the law as a whole. Economic statistics are provided for 1926 through 1946 as a frame of reference.</p>