History A-Level
Economic intervention
What Economic intervention means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic intervention
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Federal action through Roosevelt's New Deals, creating agencies like the NRA and PWA to stimulate employment and reform banking, though recovery was only partial.
Topics that use Economic intervention
- 1K The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 – only) Crisis of identity, 1920–1945 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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