The global conflict which was labeled World War Ⅱ emerged from The Great Depression, an upheaval which stabilized governments, 1 Economies, and entire nations around the world. In Germany, for Instance, rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party occurred at least 2 Partly because Hitler claimed to be able to transform a weakened Germany for a self-sufficient military and economic power which 3 Could control its own destiny in Europe and world affairs, even as 4 Liberal power like the United States and Great Britain were buffeted by the Depression. In the United States, President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deaf" Mitigated some effects of Depression, but did not end the Economic crisis. In 1939, when World War Ⅱ erupted in Europe as Germany's invasion of Poland, numerous economic indicators 5 suggested that the United States be still deeply mired in the 6 Depression. For instance, the American gross domestic product declined for four straight years. Unemployment was another measure of the Depression's impact. In 1929 and 1939, the American 7 unemployment rate averaged 13. 3 percent——a significant pool of unused labor and often, suffering citizens. In spite of this dismal statistics, the United States was, in other 8 ways, reasonably well prepared for war. The wide array of New Deal programs and agencies which existed in 1939 meant that federal government was markedly larger and more actively engage in social 9 and economic activities that it had been in more 1929. Moreover, the 10 New Deal had adapted Americans to a national government which played a prominent role in national affaires.