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Great Depression And The New Deal

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Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression of America started on October 29, 1929, after which, the day was known forever as “Black Tuesday.” The stock market of United States of America, which had been rising upwards for almost a whole decade, collided and eventually plunged the country into its most severe economic crises ever. Investors lost their investments, banks failed, the money of the nation supply shrank and companies got bankrupt and the workers got fired. In the meantime, President Herbert Hoover advised endurance and self-sufficiency. He thought that the crisis were temporary and considered it as a passing incident in their national lives, as it was not the job of federal government to resolve the issue.
1932 was one …show more content…

The New Deal was actually a promise to the Americans, which started taking shape instantly after Roosevelt’s inauguration on March 1933. According to the predictions and assumptions, the federal government’s power was required in order to drag the country out of the depression phase. The starting days of administration of Roosevelt witnessed the issuance of banking reform laws, relief programs in emergencies, programs related to work relief and agricultural programs
Later on, another New Deal evolved which included programs related to union protection, the Act of Social Security and different programs in order to aid resident farmers and migrant employees. A lot of acts or agencies of the New Deal were known by their abbreviations. For instance, WPA for Works Progress Administration and CCC for the Civilian Conservation Corps. According to many people, the New Deal programs were like an alphabet soup for …show more content…

New Deal programs, in the long run, set an example for the federal government to play a significant role in the economic and social affairs of the country. As far as my opinion is concerned, the New Deal was a success to a large extent. The policies and the programs of the New Deal were quite effective in resolving the issues. Although, a lot of problems remained unresolved, but at that time, the amount of help which the New Deal provided, was more than enough and fixed a lot of concerns which rose as a result of the Great Depression. So over all, the New Deal was proved to be very effective for America, as it provided an ultimate solution to many

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