New Deal Dbq

Roosevelt created the New Deal in a way to reconstruct what the Great Depression had done. In the First New Deal he was going to try and experiment with new ideas that could help restore the economy. The First 100 Days was basically the period where Congress allowed Roosevelt to do also anything he wanted. Every bank in the United States were going to close their doors until the government and banks could control the bad moment banks were going through. Bank reform was the first thing he asked from Congress, a legislation in order for banking system to organized again, have a strong foundation, and also have the support of the government. After only two week, many people were depositing money again and started to have trust in banks, at this point banks made a huge improvement and were stronger than ever. This was a better idea than what president Hoover was doing, Hoover never

decided to take action and do something about the bank problem, he just stayed there and watch banks fail since he believe that time was going to let banks fix itself without the help of the government, that was the result of bank failures and billions of dollars withdraw by everyone who had a bank account. He also created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration which was a help for unemployed people, they would be given food, medicine, housing, and necessities that they might need.

The Tennessee Valley Authority gave construction jobs to many people, it was a large project that gave employment. Agricultural Adjustment Act gave relief to farmers on their mortgage so whenever they had poor crops and no money, then they would not have to give up their land. The Securities and Exchange Commission helped protect investors and regulate securities market. After the 100 days, many programs were declared unconstitutional, but confidence was restore in many Americans and Depression stopped getting worse. In the Second New Deal, the Works Progress Administration had many projects and jobs were created for people who needed one, then the National Labor Relations Act did not allowed employers to be blacklisting and workers were protected by this act. The Social Security Act is a popular one from the New Deal, provides payments for disabled people, dependent minors, and adults who retire at the age of

65. The First New Deal was a way to stop the depression from getting worse, there was help in the agricultural zone, businesses, and there was financial reforms which was good to improve the economy. Basically, it was so people can relax and stop worrying so much in order to gain some trust again the government, then the Second New Deal were more laws to help maintain and make stronger all the past laws created on the First New Deal but of course it covered way more issues.