Roosevelt's Opponents To The New Deal

One of his greatest feats of leadership was when he first became president he started a program called the New Deal were he totally reshaped the economic system in the United States eventually getting America out of the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt also joined forces with Britain and the Soviet Union to help stop the axis powers in World War Two. Despite the hardships of his presidency Roosevelt overcame them and became one of the most influential presidents in American history through the character traits of optimism, persistence, and leadership.

Franklin D. Roosevelt became the thirty-second president of the U.S. in 1933. He was one of the most skillful political leaders and it showed as he led the people out of the Great Depression. The U.S. was in a state of depression when Roosevelt took office, but through his New Deal program, the federal government became much more involved socially and economically in peoples' lives in contrast to its traditionally passive role. The government's responsibilities in peoples' lives changed and individuals' responsibilities changed too. The role of the government in peoples' lives expanded greatly during the New Deal era.

President Roosevelt in his first term as president offered a “New Deal” to the American people. He brought in several new government programs to find a solution to problem that American working people were facing. He tried to save banking industry form collapse. During his acceptance of the re-nomination speech for the presidency in 1936. He gave a speech on Economic freedom.

“A whole generation of Americans had grown up knowing no other president. He was a presence in their living rooms, he had called them my friends, and he had been at the helm of the two worst crisis of the century.” (“FDR”) The people loved his optimism and his sympathy with the less fortunate. (Perkins, 7) He was the people’s champion and they elected him to office four consecutive times. (Schlesinger, Time) President Roosevelt rescued America during the hardship that was the great depression. His decision to enter World War II played a substantial role in defeating fascism. Roosevelt believed in a multilateral effort in ending conflicts around the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt left an indelible mark of progress on American history.

The era of the Great Depression was by far the worst shape the United States had ever been in, both economically and physically. Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932 and began to bring relief with his New Deal. In his first 100 days as President, sixteen pieces of legislation were passed by Congress, the most to be passed in a short amount of time. Roosevelt was re-elected twice, and quickly gained the trust of the American people. Many of the New Deal policies helped the United States economy greatly, but some did not. One particularly contradictory act was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was later declared unconstitutional by Congress. Many things also stayed very consistent in

The Great Depression was an economic and social blow to the American people, people were out of job, food, money and homes while society turned everyone against each other it was everyman for himself. President Franklin D. Roosevelt new deals were effect in providing jobs to the men of the families starting from the oldest to the youngest men in the family. The New Deal improved both the economic and social lives of the American people.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried the solve the problems if fear, chaos, hysteria, and decline of the American economy that came with the Great Depression. Roosevelt used relief, reform, and recovery to help the people. His plan was the “New Deal” which is seen as controversial. Although Roosevelt worked hard to improve the lives of American, there were still negative interactions between the different races and classes of the time.

FDRs New Deal had a wide range of reactions. Firstly, the supreme court has power to declare whether or not the President of the United States was being constitutional. Previous to Roosevelts inauguration, there were only nine justices in the supreme court. Roosevelt increased the number to fiffteen, giving him the opportunity to appoint six judges, all whom will remain loyal to him. He took this step to prevent them from ever blocking one of his policies again. This was a mistake, even his voters felt as though he was taking his power too far.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a man who besides his intelligence, charm and strong confidence, he was able to sustain the nation through the most overbearing crisis know as the Great Depression as well as World War II. While managing to stay optimistic, Franklin Roosevelt helped people regain faith in themselves. Despite all the chaos going on at the time, “he was met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory (pg. 90).” He was praised for pushing the government to help those who were underprivileged. This was a new beginning in time for Americans known as the New Deal. He told the country to live by; “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself (pg 90).” Franklin Roosevelt made a very

The New Deal policies were created by Franklin D. Roosevelt and his people who are known as the “New Dealers”. They were created in hopes that they would bring relief, recovery, and reform to America and help bring America out of the depression. This flawed plan that many historians believe was largely a success brought America another rescission and caused the unemployment rate to rise. To believe that the New Deal was largely a success is to overlook its many failures and negative impact on America. From the failure of the NRA to the hostile reactions of many critics to the fact that unemployment rose, and the discrimination towards women and blacks it is clear that this New Deal was far from a success and was indeed very flawed.

Roosevelt became president he took charge and started pushing new laws that countless of businesses saw as threatening to their work. Republicans also disagreed with Roosevelt’s new ideas, arguing that this changes were not actually going to help prevent another economic crisis. Republicans and businesses joined forces to make new “anti-New Deal campaigns that expressed their resentment and fear of regulations, taxes, and unions.”(729) Even major businesses like National Association of Manufactures became “openly anti-New Deal” due to the disagreement of the “New Deal efforts to regulate [and] reform” their “enterprise.” Republicans and Businessman call the new AAA, Agricultural Adjustment Act, unconstitutional and saw it as “the end of democracy.” People even started calling Roosevelt “Stalin Delano Roosevelt” because the saw his views as communist and almost Dictatorship like. The Supreme Court ended up getting in between of the arguing, but it did not favor FDR due to the fact that the agreed with businesses naming the new NRA

The weakness to the New Deal was that it protected the small businesses and came after the big guys. “The New Deal offered no redistribution of power or wealth, although it did offer some help to unions, the poor, and unemployed” (LP176). Roosevelt was in a bind, because he needed to help the everyday American, which he did by granting government pension to people over 60 years old every month, He also had to find a balance to also protect Corporate America. In the end the crisis was averted and Corporate America was more powerful.

When Roosevelt came into office with his New Deal Policy, he provided the American people with a new hope for the future and started a new way of life that still has an impact today.

     The New Deal lacked any consistent ideological base. After 1936, the New Deal was thrown increasingly on the defensive (Stevenson 130). “The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that much of the New Deal legislation was unconstitutional, and the presidents proposal to enlarge the court to make it more liberal and therefore more amenable to the legislation caused many members of Congress to desert the president” (Stevenson 130). In addition, a severe recession led many people to turn against the New Deal policies. When World War II erupted in September 1939, Roosevelt grew increasingly reluctant to support reforms that might, by antagonizing conservatives in Congress or by alienating any bloc of voters, jeopardize support for his foreign policy (Stevenson 131). No major New Deal was enacted after 1938.

It was called "relief." Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal provided relief to millions of Americans who had lost their homes, their jobs, and their hope. Many others felt that the radical new policies of FDR threatened the sanctity of the Constitution and free enterprise. Roosevelt's New Deal policies had many critics but among the most vocal were groups like the American Liberty League and powerful Socialists who argued that the New Deal policies either went too far or not far enough in solving the problems that faced the nation.