Individualism and collectivist responses to economic crisis
What Individualism and collectivist responses to economic crisis means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Rugged individualism celebrated self-reliance, business enterprise and limited federal help in the 1920s, but the Depression pushed many towards New Deal ideas of government responsibility for jobs, welfare and regulation.
Topics that use Individualism and collectivist responses to economic crisis
- The changing political environment, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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