The New Deal And The Fireside Bowl

The Great Depression was an economic downturn in America that lasted from 1929 until about 1939, making it the longest lasting depression ever experienced by the industrialized world. The stock market crash caused a chain reaction that involved problems such as unemployment, deflation, an increase in debt, and general poverty for lower class citizens. Attempts at escaping the depression weren’t altogether successful. In fact, most of the efforts resulted in high consumer debt as well as over optimistic loans given to the public by banks and business investors. The Depression caused severe political changes in the US as well as its obvious economic failures. After three years of the depression, Herbert Hoover lost the presidential election

The Great Depression in the U.S history was a time where there was very little jobs and some money. Banks had very little money so most people couldn’t get money out. It was a hard time in U.S history for people when this was going on. The stock market crash a horrible time for people when they had some money and very little jobs. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to help by creating The New Deal. The great dustbowl affected farmers and the change in farming affected the economy. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee illustrates The Great Depression was a worldwide economic slump of the 1930’s.

The Great Depression brought many changes to the United States of Americas but the New Deal allowed for the protection of the entire nation. At first political leaders like Herbert Hoover, felt that the depression was only temporary and failed to comprehend the depth that the nation was in. Women and minorities began losing their jobs faster than men but soon when white men were walking down the streets searching for an opportunity. When Roosevelt took office in date he would address the depression head on; saving the nation from imploding from the many violent strikes and protest around the nation. When Roosevelt created the New Deal he created Governmental organizations and programs that would not only help the white male in urban areas but the entire nation.

FDR’s New Deal was effective because it involved the government in the economy more than it had ever done before. In his first inaugural address, FDR describes the problems that the America is facing. The value of products had shrunken, taxes had risen, and unemployment was alarmingly high (Doc A). FDR’s audience was the people of America, and he was speaking

The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain, France, Germany, and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929, the United States dropped sharply into a major depression. The world was in wide demand for agricultural goods during World War I, but they had rapidly decreased after the war and rural America experienced a severe depression throughout most of the 1920's and even on into the 1930's.

The Great Depression was a critical worldwide situation that took place before WWII. In the United States, the Great Depression started in 1929 and lasted until the early 1940s, close to the start of the second world war. The fall in stock prices caused a stock market crash, which had led to a depression and in time spread to the rest of the world. Things that were vital to the nation’s economy, such as personal income and international trade had drastically decreased affecting everyone, rich or poor, in America. President Hoover took a laissez-faire approach and thought that the economy would recover by itself. He feared that government interference would make the economy worse. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had become president. His

The Great Depression was a time in the U.S where the economy had dropped and the majority of the population struggled with poverty. One of the long term causes of the Great Depression was that there was no program to help aid the people because President Hoover believed in rugged individualism, another long term reason of the depression was that the people had placed money on the banks and the banks would share it for the stock market and usually didn’t give it back. Hoover was elected in 1928, he believed in rugged individualism, natural cycles, and voluntary action which prolonged the depression because there was nothing to back up the people. FDR was elected in 1932 and the New Deal programs were a set of reforms that Roosevelt had set up

The Great Depression was an abrupt decline in the supply and demand of goods and services along with a meteoric rise in unemployment. President Herbert Hoover thought there should not be too much government intervention and the crisis would balance itself out after a while, but that was not the case. His attempts to aid the Great Depression were not as successful as hoped and did not gain him much popularity while he ran again for a second term as president. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt won the presidential election by a landslide against President Hoover. President Roosevelt created policies and programs that later collectively became known as the New Deal.

Everyone knows about the “roaring 20’s”. Some people may only know about the 1920’s through Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, where it was described as a time full of lavish parties and fancy dresses. But of course the parties were not all that was to be remembered. Some of the nation’s most memorable moments happened in the 1920’s. From Chicago to Springfield, Illinois had a lot of action in the 1920’s.

crash of the stock market. It was a long recession in America’s economy. Many thought this was the worst economy the American people have ever had to face (“The Great Depression.” History.com) The Great Depression made many people lose faith in the stock market, big businesses, and the government which tore them away from the idea of America being united (“Black Tuesday”). It caused hunger in families, and some did not know where their next meal would be coming from. They were in poverty (“New Deal”). Most banks closed doors and many businesses lost customers. This led to failure of the business and many jobs lost (“The Great Depression.” History.com).

In these “Fireside Chats” President Roosevelt would do was to have those who were listening support his New Deal Acts and also have faith in the banks. These chats were called “Fireside” because it was like Roosevelt talking to you like at a fireplace like a one on one conversation. He achieved his goals by appealing to the American people and he would explain what he is doing and why it was necessary and helpful.

During my presidency, I established the New Deal which were a series of programs alphabetically so that people would have job and try to resolve the depression. The Program Civilian Conservation Corps would employ unmarried men to benefit the community into planting trees and plants, improving national parks, and building leeves. My most effective program was Social Security Act which benefited older age citizens who would go into retirement, but still have their insurance and welfare. Although my programs did help the economy, the Great Depression didn’t fully end until our involvement in World War II.

The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929, when the American stock market which had been going steadily upward for close to 10 years collapsed , plunging the country into its most severe economic downturn yet. Banks failed, the country’s money supply diminished, and companies went bankrupt and began to fire their workers. President Herbert Hoover urged patience and self-reliance: He thought the crisis was nothing serious and that it wasn’t the federal government’s job to try and resolve. But By 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression, at least a quarter of the American workforce was unemployed. In 1932, FDR won the election with a great margin and immediately picked advisers who began to formulate a new set of policies designed to get rid of the problems of the Depression Known as the New Deal.

During Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” he addressed the American people on the radio as if he were talking to each and every one of them personally. These fireside chats made the American people know that they were not alone during the depression. In fact, history.org mentions, “Observers noted that his plan went far enough to silence the "lunatic fringe," but not far enough to jeopardize capitalism or democracy. FDR's confidence was contagious as millions turned to him for guidance during their darkest hours. His mastery of the radio paved the way for the media-driven 20th-century Presidency.”(www.history.org). The New Deal wasn’t just another political move, it helped the American people understand that they are not the only ones that are scared or nervous of what comes next. There are not many things to criticize the New Deal, however there are people who think the New Deal was a failure.

When people think of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, they see a President that inherited a horrible economy and turned it around through his popular New Deal. He also led us through a World War. However, when different perspectives are taken into account, Roosevelt’s New Deal wasn’t the economic restorer that it is thought to be. The New Deal actually hindered the United States’ recovery. The New Deal prolonged the Great Depression because the New Deal inhibited the private sector, it drove up prices, and it caused higher spending and did not fix unemployment.