New Deal DBQ

1. The New Deal was many program created by President Franklin Roosevelt which allowed many American to work who were suffering or out of work. The significance of the New Deal was to create more working job and to prevent government corruption and helping the country avoid another Great Depression 2. The difference between a progressive tax and a regressive tax is that progressive taxis a type of tax that is taken when a larger percentage of income from taxpayers as their income increase.

Using you knowledge AND the documents provided, write a well-reasoned essay on the following prompt:

This document is actually one of Presidents Roosevelt’s Fireside chats, which were speeches sent out by the President to Americans to reassure them that everything was going to be ok and spark confidence to nations leaders during the Great Depression. In this fireside chat, President Roosevelt explained to America how both he, and Congress, helped to gradually to repair the hole that the Great Depression put in America, and its people. In this document, it talks about all of the ways congress and the President helped the American people. They gave a quarter of a million unemployed men and women the opportunity to work, enhanced the value of natural resources that were found, and passed legislation that eased mortgages on the many farmers were being affected. All of these actions that were taken by the President, and Congress helped the American people during their difficult times. All in all, FDR tried his hardest to help Americans, and prevent another depression. He didn’t give up, and tried everything until he found a solution. Another document that proves that the New Deal was a good deal for Americans, is in document four. This document is a photo of President Roosevelt dragging several ships tied to ropes with his hands. This picture is supposed to represent the specific ways of how the president dragged the United States out of the Great Depression. This document

New Deals The New Deal was a success. The documents Fireside Chat, Interview with Cotton Mill Worker, and New Deal Program support how it was successful. Document C: George Dobbin in Interview with Cotton Mill Worker, 1939 states, “Roosevelt is the biggest-hearted man… and made a lot of u feel a lot better…”. Roosevelt was the president who set up the New Deals; if the New Deals were a failure the people would have not said that he said a big heart and that they were happy.

Imagine coming home every day. You have no money or food to give to your three young, starving children. You have been jobless for the last three but you president claims he is giving all the unemployed. During the 1930’s the United States went through a Great Depression after the stock market crashed. The stock market caused almost 15 million American to be unemployed so Franklin D. Roosevelt made the New Deal. The New Deal was a series of programs to end the Great Depression. Some people still argue that the New Deal was a Good Deal. The new deal was a Bad Deal. It didn’t help all of the unemployed, it keep the US in debt and it gave FDR too much power.

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.

Throughout FDR’s New Deal acts, the role of the government regarding economic affairs had expanded greatly. With a previous laissez faire mindset, the Federal Government had never interfered in the economic situation of the American citizens. However, with the New Deal policies, the National Government had become involved in the competition with private businesses, greatly angering business owners (Document 1). These wealthy owners had viewed that the Government should focus its resources on fixing areas such as the South and not restrict the rights of their employees for the benefit of the government. During this time, the government had provided jobs to those in need and a steady cash flow for the American economy, however it had left the country with an astonishing six billion dollar debt (Document 3). The American nation began to feel as if the government was

Many people would say that in throughout time everything happened for the growth of the country. During the beginning of America’s history there were two specific time periods that helped one another to succeed. The New Deal (1933-1938) and The Great Society (1964-1968) both had many issues that helped society growth and one being more effective than the other. The New Deal was a pledge made by president Franklin D. Roosevelt when he won the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Commager think there is no such thing as the “Roosevelt revolution” as someone may have called it during the era of 1933’s. He described Roosevelt as “though clearly a leader…was an instrument of the people’s will rather than a creator of, or a dictator to…” From here you can see that he does not believe Roosevelt was the only one led/helped Americans to gets recover from Great Depression, rather, he believed he also was used by the people to do their wills. He disapproved the idea of calling Roosevelt a dictator, he thinks he’s just a strong executive, who was willing to helped America with energy and boldness. As he said in the paragraph, “The roots of the New Deal go deep down into our past,” he thinks the New Deal is not something new people

Lasting from 1929 to 1939, The Great Depression is the worst economic collapse in American history. Since Americans began spending less, the unemployment rate increased exponentially to over 15%. Due to the increase of unemployment, more Americans found themselves without any means to support their families, causing an abundance of poverty. Americans were left hopeless for a better future until Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president in 1933. He made a promise that he would do whatever it takes to heal Americans wounds.

Roosevelt did not like this. In his federal responsibility speech (Document D) he talks about how the rich should be helping the poor rather than building new buildings. He says that using money on new buildings while the slums are still there in need of updating is a question of necessity. Roosevelt sees a class distinction and that the ones with money are looking after themselves rather than those in need. There were people like Hoover who were against the New Deal. He talks about (Document C) how people resent class distinction because people were frozen where they are now. Those who were in higher classes thought that those in low classes wouldn’t rise and just remain the poor class. Many people had this thinking. Along with inequality of race, there was inequality of class. The people like Hoover thought that the lower class people were where in that class and these programs wouldn’t change them. Many people like Roosevelt worked to help those who needed it regardless of race or class. According to FDR, the US must aid their citizens because it is our social duty (Document D). We as citizens must help those citizens who need it. He worked to put things like Social Security in place which helped the elderly along with the blind and cripples (Document F). The New Deal put many things in place such as the TVA. The TVA helped employ people by having them work

The New Deal was not a good deal. It interfered with the economic lives of American people and did not help the United States out of the Great Depression. The government was getting too much power and congress was approving this. Furthermore, the efforts that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt put in to relieve the poor made our national debt skyrocket and did not help us come out of the Great Depression. We were not truly out of the depression until the 1940s, during World War II when more jobs were created.

The New Deal made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a big success and brought America out of the Great Depression. The New Deal was a set of laws and organization that were brought into America during Roosevelt first one hundred days in office. The New Deal got many people jobs and saved banks from closing. Overall The New Deal get America back on its feet again.

The New Deal period was a turning point in American politics. It was when the states voluntarily cease to claim much of their freedom from external control or influence. Also the President acquiring new authority and importance and the role of government in citizens' lives increasing. The New Deal was a bunch of expedient and populist systematic plans. Franklin Roosevelt had a general vision of what he wanted for America. He was prepared to drive through the structural changes required to reach his goals for the American people. Roosevelt never intended to overthrow the constitution, nor did he want to end capitalism and individualism but many people felt differently. Many felt as if he did. He wanted the American Dream just like whose who

The Great Depression was a time of high unemployment rates and an unsustained economy that was triggered in part by the stock market crash in 1929, but mostly occurred due to the problems in the industry and agriculture during this time. In the housing industry, there were issues surrounding the shortage of houses that were being built during this time. This lead to an immediate decline in need for glass, wood, and other construction materials subsequently causing these industries to fail as well. The coal industry plummeted about 50% after the recent discoveries of power from hydroelectric sources, natural gas, and oil. This was similar to the decline of the railroad industry due to the rise of trucks, busses, and cars as the primary sources of transportation. Agricultural demand significantly decreased following the end of World War I leaving many farmers (who had taken out loans from the bank to pay for increased production) broke and with an excess amount of produce that they could not sell for a substantial price. President Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928, during which the economy and the country were thriving. However, the Great Depression struck in 1929 which plummeted the country into a state of high unemployment in which many citizens of the country lived in a state of hunger and poverty. Over 90,000 businesses were forced to close and millions lost their savings due to bank failures. During this time, Hoover had several philosophies, all of which