Nineteen Thirties In The 1930's

Towards the end of the 1920’s the economy in America took a drastic turn. This was when Calvin Coolidge’s presidency had ended and changes in the government began to take place. “Just seven months after Herbert Hoover entered the White House, economic trouble mocked his campaign statement about being near ‘the final triumph over poverty.’ On October 24, 1929 panic swept the New York Stock Exchange as nearly 13 million shares changed hands” (Hamilton). The start to Hoover’s presidency was also the start of the Great Depression. His term consisted heavily on working on taking steps to bring America out of the drastic economic fall that they had just entered. He began taking action by launching public works programs, tax reductions, and the formation

As a result, lots of people in America became unemployed and poor with no one to help them. However, this started to change with the election of FDR in 1932. FDR created his New Deal, which was a group of multiple policies that he created as an attempt to restore the wealth of America’s economy. A political cartoon of FDR represents how hard he worked to find a solution to the country’s problems (Doc E). If one remedy did not work, he tried another and another until it was effective and created change. These policies tried various different ways to fix the Depression and many of them ended up greatly benefitting FDR’s cause.

In the 1920s America was at its best and almost everyone was enjoying life. Business were doing well and people had extra money and time to spend freely during Coolidge's presidency. Years later it became the total opposite when the stock market crashed and President Hoover had no answer or response to this problem. People were poor and unemployment rate was rising fast. After Hoover left office President Roosevelt came in with a plan and a will to restore America with his new deal and other ideas The government played large and small roles in the economy during the 1920’s-30s from Coolidge, Hoover, and Roosevelt.

The Efficacy of the New Deal in Transforming a Nation Beginning in 1929, the United States entered one of the most impactful times in history, universally known as the Great Depression. The stock market crumbled, new industries had no room to breathe, and international relations were at an all-time low. In 1929, Herbert Hoover was elected into office as the president of the United States. He led Americans with a strong belief in rugged individualism: each individual should be able to help themselves out and the government should not intervene in economic situations. After failing countless times to revive the United States economy, people wanted change and elected Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 in hopes of igniting a spark in the United States

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,

That then continued to have a positive effect on the companies because of the increase in sales (Document 1). Because of the increases in sales, people had more money laying around, which brought many people to invest their money, making it a traditional value during the 1920s. The stock market was on the rise, and at first it seemed to be mostly the rich people that invested. Stock brokers then started to make deals with the

At the beginning of the 1930s the era known as the “Roaring Twenties” died and from it emerged one of the hardest times known to Americans. The 1930s were centered on the Great Depression and how to alleviate the millions of Americans who were affected by it. During this era the American government, lead by FDR, attempted to reform the American economy and the lives of American people. Contrary to Hoover’s “laissez faire” economics, FDR and his administration created the New Deal to aid the US economy by government intervention. Although FDR’s New Deal did not end the Great Depression, it eased the people's suffering and reformed many issues that contributed to the depression by providing relief and reform, while changing the role of the federal government by creating lasting programs, such as social security, satisfying the needs of many citizens and increasing the

In the 1920’s, America went through a series of political, social, and economic changes. This was the decade known as the Roaring Twenties, where most Americans lived in cities and lived a consumer lifestyle, while the total wealth of the nation doubled. The name “Roaring Twenties” also held several other different meanings, including a reference to jazz and the rebellious nature of the younger generation. The Roaring Twenties not only was a decade of boom and determination for America, but it additionally represented the biggest shift from a traditional culture to a modern one.

In October of 1929 the stock market crashes, marking the beginning of the Great Depression. By 1930 unemployment grows from almost 4 million in January to 7 million in December. During this time President Herbert Hoover appoints the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment to stimulate state and local relief but no funding for relief was provided by the committee. In July of 1932, in the midst of the greatest economic crisis in U.S. history, Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, promising “a new deal for the American people.” That promise became a series of relief,

The nineteen-twenties and nineteen-thirties were times of great change in the United States. The country reached its highest mark, as well as its lowest. This era reflects human nature while undergoing changes. Times of trouble define who we are. When facing a battle, there are two options. Give up, or fight. The twenties and thirties proved that those who fight are the ones that succeed.

The 1920’s was a period of tension between two groups in a changing culture. On one side were those who believed the old ways should be stuck to, and on the other were those who wanted a reform in society towards a more modern lifestyle. This caused an ensuing tension between the groups, but eventually the younger generation prevailed. The 1920’s was a an important era because as two different cultures clashed they formed the new American Society. Before World War I, society was more old fashioned and while they had changed Government and corruption in those with power during the Progressive Era, they had not overall changed societal lifestyle.

American’s Transition from the 1920s to the 1930s From the start of the 1920s to end of the 1930s, American business and the citizens of the country experienced a dramatic change during these two decades in the way business culture was changing Americans notions of freedom among white men. In the 1920s, people knew the American government was influenced by corporate interest in which businesses greatly profited, creating a more individualistic American society with consumer choice. By 1929, the infamous Great Depression was a result of a crashed stock market and failed banking systems, which left Americans all over the country unemployed, struggling to find jobs. The presidential election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 promised prosperity

Before the 1940s, the United States had to endure an era of unemployment, bankruptcy, and poverty. The Great Depression plunged Americans into a hopeless time period, for years American citizens had no jobs and lived on nothing. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in 1932, he successfully lead the United States out of the Great Depression. The most significant event that helped pull the United States out of the depression was World War II. In the first half of the war the United States isolated itself, deciding to stay neutral. Instead, they provided equipment and products to countries that were involved in the war. This dramatically increased the job opportunities for Americans.

In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office, the citizens of the United States had possessed sufficient time to realize that they could no longer be proud, but they must take anything they could get. Therefore, the programs set up by FDR’s New Deal program were perfect for the country at the time. These programs helped the people directly, providing relief, recovery, and reform. FDR based his plans on the philosophy of Keynesian economics, where the government spends money to make money. The government gave money and jobs to those in need, who in turn, had money to spend in the marketplace. The demand for products increased, and businesses were able to hire more workers and produce more products, as well as pay more money in taxes. FDR’s plans worked because they gave money not to those who would take advantage of the government, but to those who would use it in the way the government intended it to be used. During FDR’s first term in office alone, the unemployment rate dropped 4%. Because of FDR’s success in bringing the country out of the Depression, I give him an A.

The America in the 1930s was drastically different from the luxurious 1920s. The stock market had crashed to an all time low, unemployment was the highest the country had ever seen, and all American citizens were affected by it in some way or another. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective in addressing the issues of The Great Depression in the sense that it provided immediate relief to US citizens by lowering unemployment, increasing trust in the banks, getting Americans out of debt, and preventing future economic crisis from taking place through reform. Despite these efforts The New Deal failed to end the depression. In order for America to get out of this economic