US History: Chapter 8, Exercise 3 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== WHAT ENDED IT The source credits wartime mobilization from summer 1940, which guaranteed employment and revitalized urban economies, saying "the war brought a restoration of prosperity." DIFFERENCE FROM THE NEW DEAL The New Deal (from 1933) is described as having "mixed effectiveness in spurring private sector recovery." The source separates the New Deal's own relief and reform programs from the actual return of prosperity, which it attributes to the war economy instead.