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An Integrated, Interdisciplinary Thematic Study of the Great Depression from October 29, 1929 to The New Deal The Great Depression is important because it produced some of the greatest problems this nation ever faced. It challenged our whole system of democracy and greatly increased the role of the federal government in American society. The changes that occurred during the depression still impact us today.