The people who believe that the government should intervene with the welfare system during the Great Depression, they should vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1932 Presidential Election and explain to their friends and family to vote for Roosevelt. The people should vote for Roosevelt because he planned to create a New Deal which would support direct federal aid to people who needs it and tightened control on industries (“Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression,” n.p.). To explain why they believed Roosevelt would be a good President, they can talk about how the New Deal would help unemployed people find jobs, stop home foreclosures, and most importantly, help the economy stabilize (“Stories from the Great Depression,” 4:16). They can also explain Roosevelt’s plan on giving unemployed people find jobs by introducing New Deal’s plans for federal money flowing to states to pay for public projects which would create jobs and give those jobs to people …show more content…
Unlike Roosevelt, Hoover believed if the government were to control businesses and directly interfere with the citizen’s money, it would be steps towards socialism (“Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression,” n.p.). By voting for Hoover, it would keep the government from intervening with businesses. To persuade others to vote for Hoover instead of Roosevelt, citizens could talk about how Roosevelt’s New Deal would prolong the recession while laissez-faire would end the Great Depression much sooner (“Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt,” n.p.). The last reason people could say to why Hoover would become a great President was that Hoover is trying to fix the solution in the long term instead of short term (“Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression,” n.p.). This would help because citizens would know that future generations might not need to experience the Great
Historians claim that Hoovers term during the depression was filled with false promises and accuse the president of doing nothing while the depression worsened. Along with worsening the debt and a fairly aggressive use of government it is clear his approach towards the situation was not the best. FDR’s approach would prove during his administration to suffice in the augmentation of the crisis. Although it seemed like a completely opposite presidency, many ideas came from his predecessor. Roosevelt’s team of advisors understood that much of what they produced and fashioned into the New Deal owed its origins to Hoover’s policies.
The stock market crash of 1929 set in motion a chain of events that would plunge the United States into a deep depression. The Great Depression of the 1930's spelled the end of an era of economic prosperity during the 1920's. Herbert Hoover was the unlucky president to preside over this economic downturn, and he bore the brunt of the blame for the depression. Hoover believed the root cause of the depression was international, and he therefore believed that restoring the gold standard would ultimately drag the United States out of depression by reviving international trade. Hoover initiated many new domestic works programs aimed at creating jobs, but it seemed to have no effect as the unemployment rate continued to rise. The Democrats nominated Franklin Roosevelt as their candidate for president in 1932 against the incumbent Hoover. Roosevelt was elected in a landslide victory in part due to his platform called "The New Deal". This campaign platform was never fully explained by Roosevelt prior to his election, but it appealed to the American people as something new and different from anything Hoover was doing to ameliorate the problem. The Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression served to remedy some of the temporary employment problems, while drastically changing the role of the government, but failed to return the American economy to the levels of prosperity enjoyed during the 1920's.
During the 1920’s, America was a prosperous nation going through the “Big Boom” and loving every second of it. However, this fortune didn’t last long, because with the 1930’s came a period of serious economic recession, a period called the Great Depression. By 1933, a quarter of the nation’s workers (about 40 million) were without jobs. The weekly income rate dropped from $24.76 per week in 1929 to $16.65 per week in 1933 (McElvaine, 8). After President Hoover failed to rectify the recession situation, Franklin D. Roosevelt began his term with the hopeful New Deal. In two installments, Roosevelt hoped to relieve short term suffering with the first, and redistribution of money amongst the poor with the second. Throughout these years of the depression, many Americans spoke their minds through pen and paper. Many criticized Hoover’s policies of the early Depression and praised the Roosevelts’ efforts. Each opinion about the causes and solutions of the Great Depression are based upon economic, racial and social standing in America.
The New Deal was a series of federal programs launched in the United Sates by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in reaction to the Great Depression.
Roosevelt however, promised action in the shape of 'a New Deal for the American people'. This included jobs and relief to the needy. The speech shows Roosevelt's determination to nullify the effects of the Depression with his New Deal. At such desperate times, the American people would accept anything promised to them, so they backed Roosevelt rather than the 'do-nothing' President Hoover.
President Herbert Hoover tried to use governmental power to check the economic downfall but did so without success. Critics of Hoover claimed that his policies were too conservative and lacked imagination. His defenders maintained that, regardless of the president's efforts, the depression just had to run its course. But millions of Americans could not afford to wait for the economic system to correct itself. The depression had caused not only financial disaster but also and perhaps the most important, a loss of personal pride, status and sense of self-respect. Many Americans demanded prompt and immediate action. As a result all indications pointed to a sweeping Democratic victory in the 1932 presidential election.
These differences help make the United States’s democracy work. Hoover and Roosevelt had opposing political views about of how to approach the Great Depression. Hoover had a conservative political philosophy and openly referred to the Great Depression as a “passing incident in our national lives.” He believed that patience and self reliance was all the American people needed in order to get through the rough time. Hoover also thought that families should responsible for their own welfare. He limited the federal government’s role and imposed local and states governments to help (History.com“The 1930’s”). Whereas President Roosevelt was full of liberal ideas and believed in power of free market (Boundless.com Staff). Roosevelt’s determined and fearless outlook towards Great Depression helped boost people’s confidence in their National Government. Roosevelt hoped to entered office and take control right away by providing quick and reliable relief for American people (Biography.com “Theodore Roosevelt”). These presidents are an example of how presidents can have different ideas and
With Herbert Hoover’s Presidential term coming to a close and the election around the corner, FDR would campaign fresh and new ideas to hopefully turn the tide of the depression. FDR called for unemployment assistance, compulsory, federally administered retirement system, aid to families with dependent children, maternal and child programs, and numerous health programs (Biles). FDR also sought legislation to protect labor, assistance for farmers, a repeal of Prohibition, and a balanced budget. His campaign slogan was a “New Deal” and that is exactly what he promised the American people and in a landslide vote, Franklin D. Roosevelt won the Presidency over the incumbent Hoover. President Roosevelt would give Americans hope during his inauguration speech, “This nation asks for action, and action now. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require.” President Roosevelt immediately established his relationship with Congress in order to quickly get America back on track and reverse the depression. Together they would implement many expensive social and economic programs with some that are still in effect
Evaluation of the New Deal 1. There are three main reasons why Roosevelt was supported in the 1932 election. The first was Herbert Hoover's unpopularity, people saw him as a "do nothing" president and they did not think that he was trying to "restore America". The truth was Hoover did try to restart the economy in 1930 and 1931 -after the Wall Street crash- by tax cuts, trying to persuade business leaders not to cut wages and introducing tariffs but most observers regarded it as tinkering and thought that they had trusted him and that he had let them down. People were sore about the loss of their money.
Coming into the 1930’s, the United States underwent a severe economic recession, referred to as the Great Depression. Resulting in high unemployment and poverty rates, deflation, and an unstable economy, the Great Depression considerably hindered American society. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt was nominated to succeed the spot of presidency, making his main priority to revamp and rebuild the United States, telling American citizens “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people," (“New” 2). The purpose of the New Deal was to expand the Federal Government, implementing authority over big businesses, the banking system, the stock market, and agricultural production. Through the New Deal, acts were passed to stimulate the
However, even before the Depression, there were signs that Hoover was becoming more conservative. As Document A suggests, Hoover did not want to be considered completely laissez-faire. He seemed less determined to preserve the extremely capitalistic society of the 1920's which was run, often corruptly, by political machines, such as Tweed. However, the success of the American economy under the private interest beliefs of Harding and Coolidge required him to ensure that the lack of intervention ...
As a result, Herbert Hoover was not viable in the 1932 presidential election against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Almost immediately, President Roosevelt created the “New Deal” in order to help those suffering however, it did not end the Great Depression. This was because he did not realize the government was the
The Great Depression wreaked havoc on the economy, and in light of this President Hoover and President Franklin D Roosevelt Both initiated programs and policies to counter act the effects, however both had very different approaches with varying degree of efficacy. Through their actions, the American people would generally perceive both men quite differently, and cultivated fear in direct respect to both men's approach--both men would earn their critics as the long term effects played out. Hoover and FDR had fairly opposite approaches to solving this horrid depression.
The United States encountered many ordeals during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Poverty, unemployment and despair clouded the “American Dream” and intensified the urgency for solutions to address and control the nationwide damage. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the New Deal to detoxify the nation of its suffering. It can be argued that the New Deal was ineffective due to the inability to end the Great Depression with its short-term solutions and created more problems, however; it was successful in regards to providing direct relief for the needy, economic recovery and some structural reform for the majority of the general public in the severity of the Great Depression.
President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression believed the economy would get better by itself. The economy got worse not better Most people lost their homes and jobs. Americans wanted the government to help. Laws were passed through congress that loaned money to railroads and banks, but it did not improve the whole economy. The federal government Franklin D. Roosevelt said in 1933, should help end the Depression.