How did feudalism begin in Japan? (Explain how the power of the Daimyo increased and why and what did the small landowners want from these powerful Daimyos? For what reasons did Daimyo's hire Samurai?) The power of the Daimyo started to increase causing the central government to grow weaker and lose more laws.
FDR and the âNew Dealâ. One of the ideas that the media puts forth is that Franklin D. Roosevelt and the âNew Dealâ stopped the Great Depression and saved the American economy. A second New Deal therefore, should be able to save todayâs economy. A closer look at FDRâs policies will reveal that the New Deal did not solve the Great Depression; it did not save capitalism, it actually prolonged the Depression and vastly expanded governmentâs reach.
They said that the nation's economy had become interdependent  that is, what happened in one part, like farming, would affect other parts of the economy. The Brain Trust argued that the Depression was caused by an economic slowdown in agriculture. And so, much of FDR's New Deal was designed to help farmers. The election was a landslide with FDR taking over 57 percent of the vote. He carried 42 out of 48 states, including Nebraska and all of the other Great Plains states.