Compare And Contrast The Depression In America And Australia In The 1930's

The depression hit both America and Australia very hard. To recover from the depression American president, Franklin Roosevelt, developed the New deal policy. Australia, in regards to recovering from the depression, did not have an effective policy in place until 1932, by which time Australia had already felt the effects of the depression more so than other countries. Unemployment in Australia peaked at 30 %, however, unemployment in American peaked at 25%. In America, there was a wave of lawlessness where people such as Bonnie and Clyde became folk heroes. The American government's failed attempt of prohibition was abandoned in 1933, Al Capone was imprisoned shortly after. The Australian Government Issued the first dole payments in 1930 in