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# The New Deal was a Big Deal
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/the-new-deal-was-a-big-deal-wtzqpe/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:58:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:08:28.000Z
- Description: In 1933, the government transformed the Northwest, from cheap power to rugged trails.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 7, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_9e86461f-b48c-483f-8b08-abdaee35a24a, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

1929, the stock market crashed and the world slid into an economic depression. Hoovervilles sprouted around Puget Sound, the hungry and unemployed marched on capitals in both Washingtons.