New Deal Dbq

Introduction

On October 29, 1929 The Great Depression took its place in the United States after the stock market crashed, leaving banks closed, money in the nation subsided, and companies failed. In 1932 roughly one-quarter of American’s were unemployed and in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt acquired presidency undertaking the responsibility to overturn the nation’s economy. Within the 8 years of Roosevelt and the government had tried various projects and projects known as the New Deal in an effort to bring wealth back to American citizens. Though the process Roosevelt changed the government and citizen relationship forevermore.

The New Deal Program

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first his inaugural address on March 4, 1933 in Washington’s Capital Plaza he gave a speech stating, “First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear itself.”

Roosevelt made the promise to act swiftly in the face of the depression and to reinforce his promise Roosevelt gave his word that he be willing to “wage a war against the emergency” just as if “we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.”

Within four days on March 9, 1933 congress passed the Emergency Banking Act and with that Roosevelt encouraged Americans to put their savings back into the banks.

In the spring of 1935 America had still been facing the effect of unemployment and the second new deal was Roosevelt’s response to the problem. By April the Works Progress Administration provided jobs for unemployed building things like schools, highways, and parks. Following the WPA in July, 1935 the National Labor Relations Act was created to supervise union elections and prevention of employers treating their employees harshly. August came and the FDR signed on the Social Security Act in 1935 also, and it allowed American’s to set up unemployment and governmental care for children and

handicapped.

End of New Deal

During sometime after repeated political set-backs and federal authorities calling parts of the deals unconstitutional. In attempts to defend the program Roosevelt tried to “neutralize”
The conservative party. In 1937 (the same year) the economy continued to face its depression, thus the government reduced spending and during this anti-Roosevelt policies made it nearly impossible for Roosevelt to make new programs. ON December 7, 141 Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in a bombing, and because of the bombing the United States entering World War II, thus ending the American Great Depression.

Benefit for the Community?

In today’s society I think certain measures of the New Deal would be helpful for us today in helping the unemployed, however this country is not facing an economic depression or fallout of the stock market. In my opinion if the government needed a “quote” on quote fix to unemployment I think it would be acceptable, but since much of the positions Roosevelt are already created it wouldn’t be of much use.