how did the great depression end 
conventional wisdom says that the u s was jolted out of the great depression by new deal job creation combined with a flood of government investment in the private sector in preparation for the country s entrance into world war ii this is disputed by some economists who assert that the depression would have ended earlier with less government intervention the bottom linethe great depression was the result of an unlucky combination of factors including a flip flopping fed protectionist tariffs and inconsistently applied government interventionist efforts the depression could have been shortened or even avoided by a change in any one of these factors the debate continues as to whether the interventions were appropriate yet many of the reforms from the new deal exist to this day they include social security unemployment insurance and agricultural subsidies the assumption that the federal government should act in times of national economic crisis has become strongly supported this legacy is one of the reasons why the great depression is considered one of the seminal events in modern american history 