Fdr's New Deal Programs

The article The New Deal, by Thomas Kessner, outlines Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s pre presidency, but more importantly, the policy he used in an attempt to bring America back to its pre Great Depression economic greatness. In order to do so, Roosevelt expanded federal authority over American citizens. He implemented a progressive income tax as well as created numerous federal work projects, aimed at increasing employment, as well as use federal money to help the economy. One example the author uses to prove this point of the large amount of projects is the Tennessee Valley Authority initiative, which spanned across seven states. The projects worked towards economic development and conservation. This projects protected endangered forests, built dams, and brought electricity and running water to the people.

The TVA passed on May 18, 1933, played an important role during the Great Depression. This program played a vital role in relieving some of the economic hardships that farmers in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia were experiencing. The TVA taught farmers of this area better farming techniques, such as replanting trees, rotating crops, and soil conservation. Dams were built to help with flooding and to provide hydroelectric power. The development of the TVA also created many jobs opportunities for the unemployed. (“Tennessee Valley Authority”

The Great Depression was a time of great economic tragedy during the 1930’s. October 24, 1929 was the day of the stock market crash, causing economical shortage everywhere, even globally, and this scared everyone, including the rich. This day was/ is known as “Black Thursday”, where over 2.9 million shares were traded. On “Black Tuesday”, five days later, more than 16 million more shares were traded in another wave of panic. Many investors then lost confidence in their banks and demanded deposits in cash which forced the banks to liquidate loans in order to supplement their on hand cash reserves. By 1933, around 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed. This stopped Americans from purchasing which then led to less production of goods and decreased the amount of needed human labor. In the end, millions of shares ended up worthless, and those investors who had bought stocks with borrowed money were wiped out completely.

The New Deal also attempted to help workers. The workingman was one of the people hardest hit by the Great Depression. At one point during the one in four Americans, 25% were unemployed. FDR saw this as a major problem and attempted to correct it with a massive public works programs. The New Deal set up agencies such as the Federal Emergency Relief Association (FERA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). FERA was given one billions dollars to help end hardship. Under FERA, the Civilian Works Association (CWA) and the Civilian Conservation Core (CCC) helped to ease people’s suffering. The CWA hired 4 million people to help do public works projects. The CCC took city boys into the country to do construction work. Their pay was mailed home to their families to help ease the financial struggles. The TVA was perhaps the most successful New Deal project. It built 20 dams and provided cheap power. It also put many people to work.

The New Deal policies were created by Franklin D. Roosevelt and his people who are known as the “New Dealers”. They were created in hopes that they would bring relief, recovery, and reform to America and help bring America out of the depression. This flawed plan that many historians believe was largely a success brought America another rescission and caused the unemployment rate to rise. To believe that the New Deal was largely a success is to overlook its many failures and negative impact on America. From the failure of the NRA to the hostile reactions of many critics to the fact that unemployment rose, and the discrimination towards women and blacks it is clear that this New Deal was far from a success and was indeed very flawed.

Though Roosevelt had many ups and downs during his 12+ years as President, he successfully began the process of getting the nation back on its feet. He created the New Deal, though it was not the end all be all of the economic crisis, it contributed to the demise of the Great Depression in a broader sense. It restored the public faith in banks and got many, many Americans back to work.

Tuesday, October 29, 1929 – otherwise known as Black Tuesday, is the day of the stock market crash. This crash caused a sudden and drastic change in the economy while also starting The Great Depression which lasted from1929--1940. Because of The Great Depression, President Hoover was disliked across the country, so when the people were electing a new President they choose Franklin Roosevelt. The new President was exceptionally eager to put in new laws and programs into effect to pull the country out of the depression. Although Franklin Roosevelt's policies gave the public relief, his New Deal only helped the public in a purely phycological way. Not only did the New Deal worsen the economy, it also was hastily put together, and it effected people fleeing the Dust Bowl for "better jobs" in California.

The Great Depression was a time in the U.S where the economy had dropped and the majority of the population struggled with poverty. One of the long term causes of the Great Depression was that there was no program to help aid the people because President Hoover believed in rugged individualism, another long term reason of the depression was that the people had placed money on the banks and the banks would share it for the stock market and usually didn’t give it back. Hoover was elected in 1928, he believed in rugged individualism, natural cycles, and voluntary action which prolonged the depression because there was nothing to back up the people. FDR was elected in 1932 and the New Deal programs were a set of reforms that Roosevelt had set up

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal wouldn’t of even been made if it weren’t for the Great Depression. The Great Depression started on October 24, 1929. Stock prices were plummeting rapidly by the minute. This all resulted in the stock market crashing leaving millions of American citizens unemployed (about 25%)(Source A). Banks, factories, mines, steels, and mills were all closing. Families were left homeless and starving on the street. 600 banks were closed and over 34 million had no source of income(Source C). Lots of homeless people were living in Hoovervilles, deprived towns made of cardboard, metal, and scraps(Source C). In 1933, when Franklin Roosevelt became president, his goal was to return the United State’s stock market back to normal. His plan was the New Deal. In this idea the government would create and test many

The CCC under his New Deal program, prompted the young males of America the chance to work and bring in money for their graving families, who were suffering during the Depression. They were working outside all the time, so it would better their overall physical appearance, but also their mental health too. FDR used the CCC to get the young men of America to become manlier. This ties to Teddy Roosevelt’s propaganda about America needing to show off their manliness to the rest of the world. The CCC brought forth a rejuvenation of the all-around health of the participants of the camps. The outdoor work that the workers were put through help transform their figures. As the Secretary of Labor, she played a role in the conditions of the workers the New Deal programs.

The role that FDR had in the grand scheme of things as president was primarily the New Deal which created the modern social safety net. During his presidency the best way to describe his leadership and tactics he used in pursuing his policy agendas, is that it inspired a term, the "Imperial Presidency," which would be used on subsequent presidents with similar styles. President Roosevelt's accomplishments were not only on the home front but also included major foreign policy successes with the prosecution of WWII and laying the groundwork for the United Nations .

FDR was to many people of that time a proactive, assertive, and brilliant president. He assembled a group of intelligent people to help create and implement changes in America known as the Brain Trust. (Shultz, 2014). Furthermore, in 1933 he established organizations, committees, safety nets in an attempt to prevent a depression ever occurring again. Moreover, the New Deal was developed and implemented, it expanded government control.

In the 1930, in the Great Depression the stock market had crash. When the stock market crash in October 29,1929 the wall street into a panic and wipes out millions of investors. Around the 1933 theri reached 13 to 15 million unemployed americans and half of the banks got un banked as well. Herbert Hoover was president he really did not do much. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt became in 1932.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) is praised by many as one of the best presidents for good reason. He was a tremendous president, with one of the biggest and most helpful thing he did as president being the New Deal. When elected, FDR was not afraid to focus on helping the American people out. He knew that something had to be done to get us out of the Great Depression. This is where the New Deal come into play; it started with the creation of jobs to get America back to work. In May of 1920 FDR signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act into law, creating thousands of jobs to build dams to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power to

“Black Tuesday” is cited to be the day that the Stock Market Crashed on October 19, 1929, and it is believed to have been the beginning of the Great Depression (Schultz). This led to many catastrophes in the United States economic system that lasted ten years, from 1929-1939 (Schultz). During this time period consumer spending declined, unemployment increased, and a severe drought throughout the U.S led to a reduction in agricultural labor, which resulted in even more unemployment (Schultz). Nevertheless, out of this crisis President Roosevelt created programs, throughout his presidency, in hopes of bettering the United States economy. These programs would eventually be called the New Deal and Second New Deal programs. These programs were