New Deal Dbq

The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the United States which lasted from 1929 throughout 1939. The Great Depression started soon after the stock market crash on October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors and sent money down the drain for many. The president during this time, Herbert Hoover made matters even worse. Instead of giving the people what they wanted which was jobs and money he believed in giving money to big businesses which would create jobs. This was a good idea but the problem of this was that it would take time so that there can be a positive effect and the country needed something to happen right away.
On March 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office to become the United States of America 32nd President. The country was in the middle of its worst economic crisis in history. Since the market crash, over $75 billion in capital had been lost on Wall Street. The national product had plummeted from $104 billion to a dip of $74 billion. The United States exports had also fallen to by 62 percent.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s response to this terrible crisis in the country was to launch an idea called the New Deal.

Roosevelt made a lot of positive outcomes towards the country with his new plan. He restored confidence in the American people so that they can pick their heads up and continue moving forward. Roosevelt also gave the people what they truly wanted which was work to earn money for their families who truly needed it. Millions of people were given work in government projects. These government jobs also came in a positive outcome which helped the common people like the building of schools, roads and hospitals. It was a win win to the country. Roosevelt also rescued the banking system from collapse and saved

capitalism.
The New Deal was a series of economic actions intended to relieve the worst effects of the depression, strengthen the economy back to how it was, and restore the confidence of the American people in their banks and other main organizations that are must haves to the people. The New Deal was lead by a core group of Roosevelt's advisors who were known as the Brains Trust. In their first hundred days in office, they helped Roosevelt enact fifteen major laws. One of the most important of these was the Banking Act of 1933. It finally brought an end to the worry the American people had on its nation's banking system.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt then turned to the radio to communicate to the people of the United States so they can actually know who their president was. This was the first time this had ever been done. He connected to the people through fireside chats that he hosted. He would convince the American people that the crisis was over and that their money was safe. He assured the people the United States would be back in its old state.
One of the most impactful effects the New Deal did was that it restored the confidence to the American people in a country that let them down. FDR's use of the radio restored the patriotic spirit of the nation as he worked to lift the economy out of the Great Depression by communicating to the them on a weekly basis. He comforted the American people telling them the United States would be the way it use to be before the Great Depression. The New Deal helped the United States get back on their feet and recover from their injuries.