Which is an example of how the role of government in the united states and other western democracies changed during the great depression? (points : 2) governments no longer attempted to direct national economies through tariffs and laws. for the first time, governments intervened in their nation's economies. people came to expect their governments to take an active role in their economic welfare. western democracies turned to command economies to fight the effects of the great depressio

Which is an example of how the role of government in the United States and other Western democracies changed during the Great Depression? People came to expect their governments to take an active role in their economic welfare. Explanation: The US government enacted a number of programs and policies in an attempt to aid economic recovery. A prominent example is President Roosevelt's "New Deal." Today, most economists believe that these government interventions did little to help - and may have even hindered - economic recovery. However, the general public accepted government intervention and began to expect it.