Yes, I know what ended the Great Depression. I watched the series and at no time did Ken Burns say that FDR ended the Depression. He clearly showed that the ramp up to WWII is what ended the Depression. I watched specifically to see if he would say it but he didn’t say what everyone seems to think he said.
The “ramp up to WW2” did not end the depression. Americans were still using ration cards and such weren’t they? America itself was still in the depression during the war. The war was being funded through debt, which is not good for an economy.
The depression was ended after the war.
I am at the 3rd episode *(yet to watch) this latest Ken Burns doc..
I do notice that he gets every possible dig into the republicans in congress, that he can... as a group...and in particular in the 1st 2 episodes about Prez Teddy Roosevelt. it’s been riveting entertainment, but I have to hold my tongue at times .. I end up shouting at the television quite a bit.. I haven’t seen one example of him citing the democrats in congress as blocking a particular piece of legislation.