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How Did The New Deal Combat The Great Depression?

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In many countries around the world there have been new things introduced to try and stop something happening within the country. In the United States there was a huge stock market crash which caused the Great Depression. The depression lasted from mid 1929 to the middle of 1931(McDougal ). During the time of the Great Depression Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president. In 1933 to 1935 Roosevelt made the first New Deal to try and help combat the depression in the United States. Roosevelt was determined to help people in need. Later in 1935 the second New Deal was created by Roosevelt as a second attempt of making the depression go away. The second New Deal ended in 1937. When Roosevelt’s presidency took a downward turn the New Deal was cut …show more content…

The depression was hard for families who had lost jobs and could not support themselves. Jobs were a necessity especially when the stock market crashed. Roosevelt wanted to help citizens find jobs. Roosevelt wanted to explain to the public what the New Deal was going to do for the United States. On May 7, 1933 before the New Deal was going to be made real Roosevelt made his second Fireside Chat where he explained the New Deal. Roosevelt states that,”First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially the young men, to go into forestry and flood prevention work”(Roosevelt 1). The New Deal was going to help those people who did not have jobs. In the Fireside Chat, Roosevelt also said the mortgage distress would ease. “Next, the Congress is about to pass the legislation that will greatly ease the mortgage distress among farmers and the homeowners of the nation, by easing the burden of debt now bearing so heavily upon millions of our people”(Roosevelt 1). With the amount of job opportunities increasing families would then be able to pay for their houses and property. On the other hand this only gave more job opportunities to one-quarter of the million unemployed not the whole million that were unemployed. More jobs were available which improved the amount of employment and the income of …show more content…

Even though the New Deal did not help all of the problems in the United States it was a success. The New Deal was a success because employment went up, American Indian tribes were more successful, and children got hot meals across the United States. The New Deal was the government’s way of trying to stop the Great Depression. Many of the policies made during the time of the New Deal are still part of our society today. The New Deal was something that changed the way our country

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