New Deal DBQ

Franklin D. Roosevelt ran in the presidental election in 1932 against Herbet Hoover. Before, Roosevelt had been an assistant secretary of the navy, was nominated for Vice President in 1920, and in 1928 he was the governer of New York. During his campaign, he had promised “a new deal for the American people.” He beat Hoover by an outstanding amount of votes, 472 to 59. The New Deal would later sent an affect on everyone.

The Great Depression was the deepest economic downturn that started soon after the stock market crash in 1929. This was a time period where thousands of homeless people would wander in the streets and workers lived in fear and pressure of running out of money. There are several long term causes, including the overproduction of farm goods and sketchy exchanges in the stock market. The overproduction of farm goods caused a major drop in prices of the goods, creating more pressure on the already in debt farmers. Buying on margins would cause the speculators to go in debt and banks to lose money when the stock goes down. While the stock market and economy crashed in 1929, Hoover believed in rugged individualism, which means one is responsible for their own success, and

Under Franklin Roosevelt, and his New Deal; the government’s role in America grew more than in any era before. During this time between 1932-1940 there were numerous examples of growth of the government About thirty-two new government agencies were created during the eight-year period While many of the agencies formed have been abolished or replaced by another, some agencies still stand today. Leuchtenberg sums up the degree of change that occurred during the New Deal. "The six years from 1933 through 1938 marked a greater upheaval in American institutions than in any similar period in our history'." The programs and institutions that were created prove to be invaluable to the success and growth of the most powerful nation in the world.

Several things brought the Roosevelt administration down to earth, these were first parts of the New Deal was unconstitutional and second he wanted to appoint more democrat supreme court justices to get them to rule in his favor. Before he got this far because, he was able to appoint 5 new democrat justices to replace the retired ones. After this there was a market crash due to high taxations, minimum wage law and protection of the union workers law. Because of the New Deal business owners did not have a favorable environment. This caused the Roosevelt recession.

President FDR's New Deal prepared America for WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack. In the1930's the US government had a strong isolation movement. Isolationists thought the wars in Europe should stay in Europe, and President FDR knew that was not possible so he started the Lend Lease Deal. His Lend Lease Deal with Britain and the Soviet Union helped in giving America ideas on how much power they had. The Lend Lease Deal was that America would loan Britain their guns and ships to attack Germany during the war and when the war was finished they had to return it in an in kind matter.

At the peak of the Great Depression in 1932 over 12,060,000 citizens were unemployed and the rate of deflation exceeded 10% (John C. Williams1). Millions of individuals were starving on the streets and billions were lost on the stock market (History.com2). When Franklin Roosevelt released the New Deal in 1933, a plan to provide relief, reform, and recovery to the distressed country, Americans were in dire need of relief. President FDR acted quickly and implemented a series of programs aimed towards providing an immediate stop to the economic free fall and providing relief to his people (DPLA3). In his effort to reduce the severity of poverty and unemployment, FDR released programs to aid business and labor, farmers, housing and homeowners,

Many of the New Deal’s relief programs were revolutionary; the federal government was now responsible for relieving the problems of society previously left to individuals, states, and local governments. Work relief programs, such as the popular Civilian Conservation Corps, which offered unemployed Americans a chance to earn wages while working to conserve natural resources, and the Works Progress Administration, which gave unemployed Americans

The New Deal was a series of programs, including, most notably, Social Security, that were enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933–1937) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians refer to as the; Relief, Recovery, and Reform: relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.

In what ways did the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to the political, economic, and social problems of the United States? Use at least 6 of the 7 documents to support your argument DOC 1. DOC 2 DOC 3 DOC 4 DOC 5 DOC 6 DOC 7 Lyndon B Johnson responded to the social, economic and political issues of the United States during his time in office by using the power of the government to his advantage, by passing the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and especially the Great Society. This use of the government is very reminiscent of FDR’s

One of the most disastrous situations the United States has had to confront has been the Great Depression. The Great Depression was immensely impactful to citizens in the US because unlike other events such as tensions with other countries or wars, it affected whole families such as women and children. Families struggled to make ends meet and lived in shabby conditions since they had to prioritize what they would spend their money on. During this era, the president elected was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the term “first 100 days,” was coined after him for the incredible amount of legislation passed during his first 3 months in office that revolutionized government from that point on. During this era, american’s had their faith restored in the economy as a result of Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Since that point, the amount of achievements and setbacks a president has are carefully analyzed in order to ultimately have a conception of the skills the president possesses in order to procure the policies they campaigned on. Currently, the first three months of presidency are still analyzed and continue to be perceived as important this has to do with the fact that people believe that the president is at the height of their power and influence during their first part of the presidency. Many people believe this since the president is at their

Who Won The New Deal? During the decade of the Great Depression people panicked to find a way to get the economy out of this disastrous slump. Events like the New Deal were born to solve the problems the Great Depression created. The New Deal developed a series of public projects, programs, financial reforms, regulations and security in order to get the United States out of the Great Depression. However, it did not fully succeed in that because not everyone benefited equally from this New Deal, and some groups benefited more than others, some would say that a certain group actually won the New Deal.

The country was going through an ongoing rough depression that the previous President Hoover left in the road for his processor, President Roosevelt. Although not only President Hoover decisions and approval of laws added to the great depression, but the

The New Deal was both a success and a failure. It was a success in the way that the programs brought hope to Americans as well as relief in these difficult times, but it was a failure in the fact these programs didn't fully bring relief to America and how these programs discriminated against groups such as African Americans. Roosevelt's New Deal plans provided much relief through hope given by programs like the AAA, FHA and many others. "Just knowin' that for once there was a man to stand up and speak for him, a man that could make what he felt so plain nobody could doubt he meant it, has made us feel a lot better even when there wasn't much to eat in our homes." An excerpt from document C which shows the ways these plans and ideas from Roosevelt gave the average man hope for the coming future, even when they were at a very low point for the country.

The Great Depression placed ne demands on the national government beginning with FDR's New Deal with social welfare and regulatory legislation

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was a turning point in the development of the American welfare system. The child welfare policies of the New Deal asserted the prioritization of working toward economic equality over economic independence as the primary function of government. By laying out a new path for child care, they also laid out a new social structure for industrial America - one in which government was now an indispensable part - and set the country up for a culture of entitlement to government benefits and an economy that has become heavily dependent on government as its young people’s future is protected by a federal mandate outlawing child labor and shaped by government-funded (part federal, part state) compulsory education.