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    Federal Interventionism vs. Laissez-faire

    What Federal Interventionism vs. Laissez-faire means in History GCSE, as defined for AQA.

    Definition of Federal Interventionism vs. Laissez-faire

    The ideological shift from Hoover's voluntary cooperation and limited government to FDR's Keynesian-aligned deficit spending and the creation of the 'Alphabet Agencies'.
    AQA · Bust – Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal

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